Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Former Premier Antoine Pinay declared that he, too, would abstain. So did Reynaud. Suddenly, the move to take refuge on the sidelines of abstention gained momentum. "Elections are only 18 months off," explained one observer. "If, by then, rearming Germany still worries Frenchmen, the abstainers can say, 'Don't blame us; we didn't vote for it.' If the Germans behave, the abstainers can contend, 'After all, we didn't stand in the way of the treaties.' " Socialists, pledged to vote for rearmament, began to panic...
...sense the coincidence of Donham's death and David's retirement marks the end of an era in the school's history. But in another it illustrates the forward momentum these two men have given the school. Like the distinguished Professor Melvin T. Copeland, many feel that "as long as the school is an alive institution it will never come to the end of an era." Instead, they foresee a period of consolidation when the curriculum and research programs will mature...
Stravinsky: Les Noces (Vienna Chamber Choir, four soloists, four pianos and percussion, conducted by Mario Rossi; Vanguard). The subject is a rustic wedding, and the pagan, mechanistic music (written for the Diaghilev ballet of 1923) is built around folk sources. Memorable qualities: the jabbing momentum in the accompaniment and the jerky rhythms of the chorus, which nevertheless convey the feeling of high good spirits. Fine performance...
...Elis picked up the safety in the first quarter when tallback Matt Botsford, with his back to the line of scrimmage, intercepted a Bob Brink pass on the Harvard two and was carried by his own momentum into the end zone where the intended receiver Byron Campbell tackled...
...rally, which began near University Hall at 7 p.m., built up momentum by 8 p.m., when the crowd of undergraduates and their dates gathered by Widener to cheer and listen to freshman coach Bob Marguerita, who told them "the bulldog is still a pup." A small group of Yale freshman and jayvee football players shouted Eli songs, to the annoyance of the very highly partisan crowd...