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Word: momentum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Coming off a psychologically important win over a mediocre Dartmouth squad on Tuesday, the Harvard track team can only hope that its momentum will continue when it faces a tough field in Sunday's Greater Boston...

Author: By Charles B. Straus, | Title: Northeastern is Favorite in GBCs; Crimson Thinclads Rated Strong 2nd | 5/5/1972 | See Source »

...most attention will center on the returns from Ohio tonight, where both McGovern and Humphrey are looking for a strong showing to give them momentum for crucial up-coming primaries in Michigan, California and New York...

Author: By Leo FJ. Wilking, | Title: Humphrey, McGovern Clash in Ohio | 5/2/1972 | See Source »

Struggling to regain momentum after two consecutive losses to Princeton and Army, the Harvard track team will send only a limited contingent to the Penn Relays in Philadelphia this weekend, in hopes of regrouping for their first home meet of the season against Dartmouth on Tuesday...

Author: By Charles B. Straus, | Title: 78th Penn Relays Open | 4/28/1972 | See Source »

...golfers lost to both Penn and Columbia in another Ivy League contest last Friday, but have shaken off the losses with consistent wins this week. Sporting a 6-2 record, the golfers hope to extend their streak and build momentum for the Eastern in today's contest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Golfers to Face Yale and Princeton In Big Three Championship Today | 4/28/1972 | See Source »

...better the dinner you've had, the less discriminating the people you sit between, the better you will like it--more or less according to temperament. Given the least susceptibility to the momentum of laughter and a crowded theatre filled with children, it should work as intended, as farce: plain, simple and mindless. It is all second and third and twelfth-hand material but Bogdanovich has developed a certain sense of timing from all those movies he's watched, and old jokes are the best jokes, anyway. Bogdanovich is reaching way back to film's age of innocence...

Author: By Michael Levenson, | Title: The Last Screwball Comedy Show | 4/26/1972 | See Source »

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