Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...momentum now is with the opponents ur hero, Henry Hyde!" shouted the speaker last week at a rally in Cincinnati's Fountain Square. As the portly Republican Congressman from Illinois stepped to the rostrum, the crowd of 3,500 chanted: "Life! Life! Life!" Elderly women wearing white gloves held up red roses. Men lifted up small children. "We're here to remind America of its soul," declared the silver-haired Hyde. "Religious ideals have always guided our country." When he was done speaking, members of the audience began another cadenced cheer: "We're for life...
Although both sides are equally matched in rhetoric, the advantage on the field had been held for several years by the pro-choice forces, fighting mainly in the courts. Now the momentum has swung to the pro-life groups, and the struggle has shifted to the political arena. The pro-lifers operate on the premise that in a close election, a single-issue group's ability to arouse legions of morally and religiously inspired campaign workers and voters can provide a decisive edge at the polls. The beneficiaries are usually conservative candidates. Moreover, to increase their clout...
...greater stupidity prevailed in high offices in Washington, where bright individuals let egos, ambition and bureaucratic momentum cloud their collective judgment. Worse yet, Wyden believes that "it could happen again...
Turning to the major objections of SALT opponents, Carter maintained that the treaty places "equal ceilings" on both countries' strategic arsenals, "slows down -it even reverses-the momentum of the Soviet arms buildup" and makes future competition on weapons "safer and more predictable." Furthermore, he insisted, "compliance will be assured by our own nation's means of verification, including extremely sophisticated satellites, powerful electronic systems and a vast intelligence network...
...Chrysler, which is struggling under a $50.6 million short-term debt. The company urgently needs infusions of fresh capital to modernize old plants and increase its output of small gas-sipping models. But a Chrysler deal would make little sense for Volkswagen, which has just regained its old momentum after a long period of drift, during which Japanese automakers zipped past it in many major markets. Detroit executives point out that Volkswagen, which is the most firmly established foreign automaker in the U.S., does not need Chrysler's dealer network or antiquated plants. Most of all, VW does...