Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...presented this country with ideal candidates--but even on the issue of foreign policy there is a choice. It is impossible to predict what either of the major party nominees will do if elected President. Their response to the bombing halt, however, can only reinforce the belief that the momentum toward peace lies with Humphrey...
Last Saturday's 4-4 tie with Dartmouth disappointed both Munro and his players. Failing to follow up an early 2-0 lead taken on easy goals, the Crimson let up and watched their edge vanish. In the second half, Dartmouth gained most of the momentum, and it took a scrambling goal by Solomon Gomez late in the second overtime period to gain the tie for Harvard...
...Yardlings seemed to have the momentum early in the first quarter when they forced Dartmouth to surrender the ball on their first series of downs. They then drove 54 yards in ten plays to the Dartmouth 13, but, on the crucial fourth down play, Harvard quarterback Rex Blankenship fumbled the snap from center and the Crimson threat ended...
...disorders in urban schools are all hurting Humphrey. In Maryland, voters are impressed by Nixon's substantial lead and seem anxious to join his bandwagon. In Tennessee, Humphrey's campaign just never ignited. Nixon currently enjoys a slight edge in Missouri, but if Humphrey picks up any momentum at all in the final weeks, he might be able to carry the normally Democratic state...
...announced candidate, he raised nearly $1,000,000. Most of this money, plus additional cash gleaned later in the spring, was largely devoured-"wasted," say some of his aides-in primary contests where Humphrey was not even officially entered. The aim was to reduce Robert Kennedy's momentum. Among the gambits used was the quiet funneling of money to McCarthy headquarters via labor unions. Humphrey's organization was so sloppy or overconfident during that period that when Angier Biddle Duke sent a letter volunteering to solicit funds, as he had successfully done for Lyndon Johnson...