Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...time a ball carrier was downed in his own end zone, the other team was credited with a two-point safety. This rule neglected cases where a defending player received a punt or intercepted a pass near his own goal line, and then was carried by his own backward momentum into the end zone to fall or be tackled before he could change direction...
...smallest towns are dying, the biggest are none too healthy. Big-city growth has lost momentum. To the chagrin of boosters, city after city is learning that it is not as big as it thought. New York, Washington, Los Angeles and Cleveland have fallen far short of their proud expectations. Lowell, Mass, and Salt Lake City have indignantly demanded recounts...
...Oldtime circusgoers recall other such acts where performers used bicycles (a harder trick, since they had to pedal to get the momentum). But the sphere, although elevated, was not split...
...this week the river level appeared to be stabilizing although the danger was still grave. As relief operations gathered momentum, Winnipeggers had an urgent question: how could future floods be prevented? Flood experts had a grim reply: they probably cannot. The cost of permanent diking would be prohibitive, and in any case it might be an engineering impossibility in the flat Red River valley. Once in 25, 50 or 100 years, the valley would probably have to take...
Nothing Sacred. As most readers sense, nothing short 'of a direct hit by an atomic bomb could make the Times go to hell overnight: its momentum as a publishing enterprise and its staff of trusted old professionals could carry it on for a long time no matter whom death took from the publisher's office. But Sulzberger is credited, even by his old pros, with being a big force in keeping the Times cruising at standard speed. He regards the Times as a "public trust" and works unceasingly to keep it that way. His wife, who began working...