Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...exploding in small bursts all over the place, but there is no single focus or figurehead for the movement, let alone the kind of triumvirate (Beatles-Stones-Who) that reigned during the mid-'60s. In America there is Michael Jackson, with no clear movement behind him, just an unprecedented momentum that has sent him off on a dazzling solo flight. Stevie Wonder is still flourishing, and Lionel Richie is the most elegant songwriter in the neighborhood. Donna Summer can be spectacular; Prince is incandescent; Rick James cataclysmic; rap groups are the rough conscience of the streets. But commercially and aesthetically...
Yesterday afternoon in its second ever varsity game, the Harvard women's water polo team ran into archrival Brown at the IAB, and despite the momentum that came from its 22-0 masacre of BC in game one on Wednesday, the Crimson stumbled in the fourth quarter and dropped a tough 13-9 decision to the Bruins...
...would not make him a serious threat to win the nomination. His presence could be a problem for Hart and Mondale in what has become a vital state for both, less because of its 116 delegates than because of Hart's need to build, and Mondale's to reestablish, momentum...
...positions; they may jump on his bandwagon just because he is an exciting candidate who seems to stand for something new. Political Strategist Pat Caddell, who is advising Hart, anticipated such a situation early this year: "[If you] come in a surprise second in Iowa and on that momentum win New Hampshire . . . there's probably not enough time for the party establishment to regroup and counterattack effectively [before Super Tuesday...
WARREN'S WEAKNESS, HOWEVER, does not hamper the rest of the performers, who, with their loud resounding voices and melodramatic characterizations convey Don Giovanni's licentiousness. Their hatred, and not Giovanni himself, provides the momentum for the three-hour production. As Donna Anna, whose father Giovanni killed after failing to seduce the daughter, Anita Ashur conveys brilliantly her character's maniacal desire for revenge through her vibrantly loud voice. Ashur's clearly enunciated voice has a spectacular range, and even during songs with the ensemble, her voice stands...