Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Brown ran the show with aplomb, whether establishing a much needed ground game in the first half (the running attack suddenly healthy after sputtering in the last two outings, picked up 135 yards), or holding the surging Big Red a bay with a couple of momentum-breaking second-half drives...
...Egypt would consider interim talks as a fallback if Geneva negotiations failed. Syria is against interim agreements. But Saudi Arabia, whose views the Syrians obviously must respect, also favors limited talks to preserve momentum should Geneva not succeed...
November 10. 1975--Davenport had more momentum on his side than the cliche dreamed possible. He completed six of nine passes for 73 yards and one touchdown in this short period, and made a heretofore impenetrable Princeton defense look rather shabby. Davenport's heroics, however, came after 45 minutes of the game had already elapsed, and even he was incapable of undoing all that had preceded his entrance...
...Bond no longer plays to a national audience. Once watched closely as a black who could succeed in national politics, he has so far been unable to build the momentum needed for a shot beyond Georgia's state legislature...
...been removed. I don't have any [political] plans, none at all. I can't have an anticipation of the future, because I just don't know what the government's going to do. When you're doing something, there is a sense of momentum, but now it is just a feeling of tiredness...