Word: impetuses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard built up an early lead in the field events and never fell behind. Crimson track men said that the unanticipated showing of Tom Downer and John Gillis in the 600-yard run crushed Army and gave Harvard the impetus for victory...
Fencing coach Edo Marion had called the Concord match "the toughest match of the year" for the freshmen, but three victories by foil Donald Valentine and epee Alvia Shaw, and a clutch 14th-match win by Ken Bartels provided the impetus for the inexperienced Yardlings...
House Study Impetus...
...germ warfare and the restated strictures on chemical warfare provide concrete evidence of America's strong desire to slow down the arms race. Together with the joint signing of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty by the U.S. and the Soviets (see THE WORLD), Nixon's announcement should add impetus to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks now going on in Helsinki...
...business of the "kings"-in reality the President of France, the Chancellor of West Germany and the Premiers of Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg-is to determine how badly they want this economic union to endure and what they should do to revive its impetus. There was a great air of uncertainty over the direction the talks would take. As he processed credentials for the 500 newsmen attracted by the spectacle, one Dutch official wryly inquired last week: "Is it to be a burial or a revival...