Word: momentum
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...climb. Slowly its speed dropped off until, just before it stalled, the pilot cut the power in his port engine. Like a great, improbable pinwheel, the plane revolved through a tight circle (see diagram). Three-quarters of the way around, the pilot cut the power in his starboard engine. Momentum kept the Meteor revolving until it completed a turn and a half. For a brief instant it seemed to hang there, nose down, immobile in the sky. Then it fell away in a normal tailspin which the pilot could correct after only half a turn...
...Jersy College rolled on through the nineteenth century on the momentum of Governor Belcher's work. It also adopted the name Princeton and developed intense college spirit due to its isolated location...
...flying wedge, nine of the players drew back about 20 yards from mid-field, and at a signal, these nine, in two lanes, would converge on a point marked by the ball. By the time they arrived there, they had gathered such mass momentum that the runner was protected by a brick wall that was frightening to face and suicidal to stop...
...Cambridge Civic Association," A. Chester Hanford, professor of Government, believes. Robert Amory, Jr. '36, professor of Law, says that one of the remarkable things about the CCA and their Cambridge reform is that "most reform movements wear off after a few years, but the CCA has kept its momentum...
Meanwhile, across the Common in Fay House, cooler heads realized the growing momentum of a potential fiasco. Should the student council slap a ceiling on campaign expenditure? What about the girl who didn't know you were allowed to campaign? What about the girl who didn't get an idea in time? And what about the girl who didn't get an idea...