Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Riding Momentum...
...Hatchet Ma Marion and her splendidly repressed son to Bootleg, U.S.A., a last outpost of boisterous prohibition violation. After Rock, the pink-spatzed hoodlum who runs the town, has dropped 45 jokes about his daughter Belle's drunkenness, the 46th ought to be an embarassment, but such is the momentum that...
Actually, the momentum of government is such that most new administrations are obliged to carry on at least some of the policies inherited from the old. Moreover, once in office, a President seldom feels that he is totally committed to his party's platform and his own campaign rhetoric. To their credit, the Nixon men have been less concerned with liberal v. conservative ideological wrangling than with specific needs and practical answers...
...Crimson has been gaining momentum steadily for its confrontation with powerful Cornell next Wednesday. It defeated three mediocre teams in the week after the end of exams and then won two impressive victories over highly-ranked teams in the last week...
...John Ince built up a 2-1 lead in games over Jeffrey Condon of Penn. In the fourth game the lead alternated several times, eventually being tied up at 13 all. Although Ince had two match points, Condon held on to win. In the fifth game Condon gained momentum, using hard serves to secure the victory...