Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Humes warned that the mutually reinforcing escalation of the arms race is a regenerative feedback cycle: "the momentum of that oscillation can overwhelm you... the problem of putting the brakes on is a lot more difficult than initiating the thing...And as you build these monstrous weapons of destruction, with the idea that they are somehow making you more and more secure, you come closer to the day of your own destruction. Anxiety neurosis is full of paradoxes like that." Of particular concern, he said, are "trip-wire" first-strike systems now being planned and deployed, which he called "paranoid...
...momentum never waning, the cast easily metamorphoses during the two-hour Pinafore production: Trial by Jury's defendant, played by Monnen, becomes Pinafore's handsome young hero, Ralph Rackstraw. Crowley assumes another leadership position as the ship's Captain Corcoran, and a newcomer to the evening's spectacle, Sebastian Knowles, plays the pompous Sir Joseph Porter. All three men, along with Craig Bierko as Dick Deadeye and Jo Milroy as Little Buttercup, give the evening's most superb performances. Crowley successively displays the Captain's frustrations in trying to convince his daughter Josephine (Nancy Fatzick) to marry Sir Joseph. Countering...
Connecticut enacted a similar law last April, and the idea has gained momentum in the Bay State. Last year there were no lemon laws before the state legislature, and now there are 13 different proposals...
...occasion, making the big catch as consistently as it was making the clutch hit. While not errorless, the Cantab defense was characterized by the play of centerfielder Landys Boyer. In the sixth inning Boyer made two running catches that preserved Harvard's one-run lead and gave the Crimson momentum causing into the bottom of the innings...
...Crimson's regular season finale raised two questions that could turn into concerns for the playoffs. The first was a lackluster and rusty start that allowed Springfield to build an early advantage. The spring break may have interrupted the spikers' momentum and consistency, and they can utilize this tourney to hone their skills in time for the more important NCAA regionals. As Nadkarni stated, "It's very important to start peaking right now, to start getting back the cohesiveness and the timing" that characterized the squad's play before vacation...