Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Page never really got into the match. In the first game, he made an uncharacteristic number of unforced errors ro give Desaulniers the momentum. After that, Desaulniers took control so well that Page never had a chance to show his stuff...
...Furthermore, the Congress, which faces fall elections, could also refuse to ratify any agreement. Strauss does have the wholehearted support of President Carter, but this Congress has shown itself to be well aware that protecting home industries is an easy way to win votes. Indeed, protectionism has developed global momentum: GATT studies suggest that trade-restricting moves by various countries cost the world $30 billion to $50 billion in potential international commerce over the past three years. Noting the political pressures, one Geneva negotiator fears that the meeting could end by simply "defining gentlemanly rules for conducting a trade...
When Carter and Sadat emerged from :heir 45-minute private talk, they were smiling broadly once again, and Sadat announced happily that "we have agreed on certain steps to keep the momentum in the peace process." He did not say what those steps were. Carter's own comments were designed to be ambiguous enough to bridge the current Egypt-Israeli stances on Palestine and provide negotiating room. As soon as he was aloft again en route to Paris, Carter telephoned Israel Premier Menachem Begin to report encouragingly on his conversation with Sadat...
Frank Gelardin and Kurt Green kept the momentum going as they both posted 3-0 wins, at positions two and eight, respectively. Seven-man Scott Freeman dropped his first game 8-15 but then recovered and outclassed his opponent to the tune...
...excluding autos, were 12% higher than a year earlier in the four weeks ending on Christmas Eve; in the final week the gain was 16%. Even when a rise of about 6% in retail prices between the two Christmases is discounted, the sales gains are solid-and the buying momentum continued into last week as postholiday sales began. At 8 a.m. Monday, the day after Christmas, shoppers began lining up outside a Bullock's department store in Los Angeles in a drenching rain, waiting for the doors to open...