Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...halt will come "once the borrowed momentum of the science of the free world has been exhausted," Conant went on. He pictured Soviet control of science as a secret weapon working in favor of the free world...
...four days of sunny weather before the rains came, allied airmen flew round the clock. The Chinese apparently did not dare lose momentum by holing up during the day, and the U.N. pilots caught them on roads and in fields. The air was full of plane-to-plane chatter as pilots identified friendly forces, picked up enemy targets and divided up the work...
Opportunity-and Danger. The Red drives gave Van Fleet an opportunity. Experience has shown that the Chinese run out of momentum, after an advance of 50 miles or so, at a point where their supplies are exhausted and their supply apparatus and order of battle disrupted. Then they make long stops for regrouping and resupply. That would be the time -if he had pulled his forces back with a minimum of casualties and in good cohesive order-for Van Fleet to turn on them and try to cut them to ribbons...
...widely spread empire, Schott splits up the job of supervision with his four brothers, has no intention of stopping collecting. Says he: "At first it was family security. But suddenly we gained momentum and we started to roll. Now we're fascinated. We expect to keep traveling...
Reynolds statement indicated that the rent increase is a result of the University's expectation of a one third drop in student enrollment once the draft gains momentum. Such shrinkage in enrollment, he fears, would cause deficits in operation of the dormitories...