Word: momentum
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Meanwhile, there will have been no significant arms reduction and a limitation that is largely academic. That is not an overly impressive "breakthrough" in weaponry, however important it may be in maintaining the momentum of broader detente between the two superpowers...
After splitting her first two games, DeSola, a junior, rallied to capture the third game, 15-8. With the momentum now in her favor, she then clinched the triumph for Radcliffe by taking the deciding game by a margin...
...real problem behind the present crisis is the loss of momentum toward a negotiated settlement. In Washington's view, both Israel and Syria are partially responsible for the current rise in tension. The Israelis were too inflexible in their refusal to deal with Jordan over the West Bank in recent months, some U.S. officials believe, thereby weakening King Hussein and strengthening Arafat's position at the Rabat summit. But more important, in the U.S. view, Syrian President Assad, has been pursuing a "stalemate strategy" of seeking to prevent progress toward an Israeli settlement with Jordan and Egypt until...
...well as learn how badly Ford has been weakened by the lingering effects of Watergate, the recession and the Republican disaster at the polls this month. One effect of those crises has been to nudge detente off center stage; the meeting provides a chance to regain the lost momentum. Thus Ford must expect to be probed on the Middle East, European security matters and the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. But Brezhnev was expected not to try to crowd Ford in their first meeting, only to take his measure. The Soviet leader may indeed find that he gets along better personally...
Islam's heartfelt but unanswered plea dramatically highlighted the conflict over priorities that characterized the conference from its opening day. Building on the momentum generated by U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's visionary plea for international cooperation (TIME, Nov. 18), the delegates chose to sidestep current problems and concentrate instead on trying to develop organizational mechanisms that would cope with future crises...