Word: momentum
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Congress adjourned last week for its August recess, the capital-gains-cut bandwagon gained momentum. Amazingly, Republicans and conservative Democrats, who make up a narrow majority of the House Ways and Means Committee, rallied around a scheme even more shortsighted than the President...
...dollar LBOS dramatizes the problems that could befall a number of overextended companies in the event of a slump. -- After a 2 1/2-year undercover probe, the Justice Department indicts 46 Chicago commodities traders on charges ranging from fraud to racketeering. -- A shortsighted proposal to cut capital-gains taxes gathers momentum...
...speed. That is the Soviet President's way with crises. He seems to react to them faster than any of his rivals, skillfully turning them into vehicles to help accelerate his perestroika program and bolster his crusade against the immobile bureaucracy. Gorbachev's adroitness at converting danger into momentum is a high-risk performance that can make onlookers hold their breath as they wonder how long the daring rider can survive...
...democracy movement gathered momentum in Beijing during the month of May, a host of independent Chinese student organizations began to band together at Harvard and other area colleges to register support for the protesters back home...
...AWARE Week begins, marking the College's major effort at addressing racism on campus and improving race relations. After a promising start, the week of activities--often numbering several panel discussions a day--loses momentum. In the end, activities addressing "racism among the well-intentioned" are questioned about their success at reaching those at whom they are targeted...