Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...inventions seem real. In The Winds of War, the reverse is true. The historical scenes, some of them scrupulously copied from old newsreels, are vivid and acute, while the fictional scenes sometimes look stiff and awkward. But those moments pass and the story takes over, building up momentum as it approaches its tragic conclusion, hour after hour after hour. Meanwhile, ABC hopes for a happier ending of its own. Having taken its gamble, the network must wait for the results, day after day after day. - By Gerald Clarke. Reported by Elaine Dutka/New York and Denise Worrell/ Los Angeles
...When he does not come home later that afternoon, the movie focuses on the mother's frantic attempt to discover his fate. The police's investigation of Alex's disappearance provides a loose framework for the rest of the film, as detective Al Manetti (Judd Hirsck) tries to maintain momentum despite the scarcity of clues. As time passes and the search deteriorate to the level of psychic and hypnotic investigation, clues begin to appear with a disturbing haphazardness; the mother's house-boy suddenly becomes a major suspect, and the details of his sordid past are suddenly added...
...Crimson has six Ivy League matches in the next two weeks. Harvard has never officially won the Ivy title, so a string of victories over the next two weeks would clinch the Crimson's first. By getting into a groove, the team will gain the necessary momentum that it needs toe perform at the Easterns...
...This was quite an important win for us," the elder Dooley said "We're at a disadvantage because we haven't been practicing but hopefully this will give us the momentum we need as we begin our stretch run for the title." THE NOTEBOOK Dooley praised the play of both Sue Newell and Kathy Carroll Newell provided two assists on two Carroll goals. The icewomen travel to Yale Saturday for an important Ivy match. The Crimson will open the defense of last year's Bean pot championship Tuesday night against Boston College at Bright Center Game time...
...Administration, and the nation, to a critical test. At issue is whether Reagan can produce a credible program to nurture sustained recovery from the crippling recession that seems to have finally hit bottom. That in turn will go far to determine whether he can regain enough of the political momentum he lost in the past year to restore his effectiveness during the second half of his term...