Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even as he wrote, he was frequently interrupted by the more prosaic functions of his office as the federal bureaucracy continued to move ahead with its own ponderous momentum. A $13.6 billion agricultural and environmental bill was vetoed as inflationary; legislation was signed providing cost-of-living Social Security increases; three people were nominated to be federal judges; and a new member was named to the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission...
With the impeachment drive gathering momentum, Nixon conveyed an impression of beleaguered isolation. Watergate left him time for only one appointment: a session to review Treasury Secretary William E. Simon's recent trip to the Middle East. Afterward, Simon said: "I have never seen the President in a more positive and affirmative frame of mind." The few White House aides who saw Nixon recently also insisted that he was in good spirits. One said...
Last week the mood in Washington changed abruptly. Impeachment once again picked up momentum in Congress. Despite some past mistakes, Representative Peter Rodino's Judiciary Committee was now seen to have performed remarkably well in virtually uncharted constitutional waters. As it wound up its examination of Nixon's "defense" witnesses-who turned out to be markedly unhelpful to the President -it seemed almost certain that a vote for impeachment would come by the end of the month. The previous week's minimum estimate of votes for impeachment (25 to 13) was now moving toward the maximum estimate...
Jerry Boak, stroke of this year's undefeated Eastern Sprints champ junior varsity boat, replaced McKenna at two. Tim Hackert, also on the J.V. boat, took Howard's place on the starboard side. Even though both were better than adequate replacements, the crew never got back the momentum built up en route to an undefeated season and an Eastern Sprints Championship this spring. Besides the loss of raw power in the boat (Howard and McKenna were the two strongest oarsmen on the team) the makeshift Crimson crew lacked that essential ingredient in rowing that distinguishes a first-rate from...
...order Administration. What the press did during the initial phase of Watergate, in addition to giving snapshots of truth to its audience, was serve in effect as a surrogate public agency, filling a void created by official misfeasance and nonfeasance. The continuing press coverage helped create a momentum that eventually overwhelmed the coverup...