Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Saturday, it was a little different, as Harvard broke into the Ivy victory column. As had been the case the night before, the Crimson saw an early lead of 31-21 quickly vanish (31-29), but this time, Harvard regained the momentum in the second half and coasted to its sixth win of the season against 11 losses...
Although Harvard led by only 10-6 after those two events, the Crimson had the momentum and was completely in command. "I thought Canales coming in second in the 1000 was the key to the meet," Crimson coach Ray Essick said yesterday. "After that I knew...
Most athletic coaches will expound on the importance of momentum, but Harvard track coach Bill McCurdy does not have to do much talking--his squad is riding high on a wave of momentum after a first place finish in last weekend's Greater Boston championships...
Bell is no mere nostalgia peddler sighing for antique worlds. With acerbic but civil scholarship, he blames today's honorless condition on what he calls "modernism": the cultural movement that started in the latter half of the 19th century and has gathered momentum ever since. Modernism rejects the old, the traditional, the bourgeois in favor of the new, the sensational, the revolutionary. As such, it has dissolved many conventions, and discredited most institutions and values. Today, says Bell, its victory is complete. There is a perpetual, unwholesome rage for the new. Instead of affirming a "moral-philosophical tradition against...
Carter clearly has the momentum and the psychological advantage. But he is also acquiring the problems of the front runner. His rivals are going to start pressing him on the issues, particularly abortion. He will no longer be allowed to make vague statements about reducing 1,900 federal agencies to 200 without getting into specifics. Every item of his record as Governor will be scrutinized for flaws, and he will turn out to have his share of them. Liberals, especially, have begun to question his positions. They are skeptical of his convictions and ready to paint him into a conservative...