Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Precisely because the economy has performed so splendidly in 1964, the Government's policymakers realize that it will take some doing to maintain the momentum in 1965. Last week the Commerce Department predicted that capital spending in next year's first half will rise 8%, to an annual rate of $47.7 billion-a good gain, but not as great as this year's 14%. The consensus of economists is that the gross national product, which rose 6.7% this year, is due for an advance of some 5% next year, to $655 billion. While that might seem satisfactory...
Then the growth explosions began. They're still going on. No other city in history so typifies the delusions, the momentum, the pace and direction of its time. Some residents feel its heartbeat and would never live elsewhere. Like Joyce and his Dublin they commune inextricably. Others (more like Kafka and his Prague) live perpetually estranged and threatened by their city. But almost no one is indifferent to New York...
...Crimson went into the fourth quarter behind, 14-12, but in possession of the ball. Although it needed momentum, it immediately came up against a third and three on the Harvard...
...Yannatos' performance allowed for such speculations. It was, I think, slower than the performances of many other conductors. While permitting the listener to hear things he may not have heard before, this leisure may also prevent the music from gaining momentum. Bartok's decomposition of the first three movements into sections or episodes could require the conductor to speed up if he wants the movements to sound coherent...
...Harvard football team, this is it. They are not only have to beat Penn today in order to stay in contention for the Ivy League title, they have to play a good game to get up the momentum they need to get through the last three tough weeks of the season...