Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Inevitably, a new order was being established. So far, Johnson has not tried to strike out in new directions, but to give new momentum to a course set by his predecessor. Yet, in tackling the policies and problems bequeathed to him, Johnson is also making it clear that he has his own way of doing things, and that his way is as different from Kennedy's as a Texas twang is from a broad...
...Pennsylvania's Governor William Scranton gets more new momentum than anyone. But he still is not nationally known, and much of the increased interest in him is expressed in such phrases as "Tell us more about...
Rusher said that one of the reasons for Sen. Goldwater's strength was that so one can capitalize on the "loss of momentum in his camp." He claimed that Richard Nixon had "shot himself in the foot" by moving from his California base of political support, and called New York Gov. Nelson Rocks-feller "a victim of his well-defined position to the left in the Republican party...
Conservative Advice. President Johnson-less interested than John Kennedy came to be in the theories and intricacies of economics-did not take part in the inner discussions that shaped the Kennedy economic policies. Though he is determined now to pursue the Kennedy economic programs that already have momentum, a new president is eventually bound to alter somewhat the course or the speed of such programs. Had President Kennedy been re-elected -by which time he expected the employment situation to be much improved -he planned to embark on a wide variety of new economic programs aimed at curing sectional dislocations...
...third chance, when an Eli punt rolled out on the Crimson 32, Harvard for a moment resembled the Crimson team that had shocked Princeton and Dartmouth. Fullback Bill Grana made a solid five-yard run up the middle to start the drive, and Mike Bassett gave it additional momentum with a flare pass to Scott Harshbarger for a 20 yard gain...