Word: momentum
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...founder of the National Woman's Party, and that same year was introduced in Congress, where it languished for decades. The modern campaign began in 1967, when a stubborn Paul, then 82, persuaded the National Organization for Women to endorse the amendment. By 1972, partly because of the momentum of the civil rights and antiwar movements and partly because of adroit political maneuvering, particularly by Martha Griffiths, then a Democratic Congresswoman from Michigan, the ERA had been passed by Congress. A seven-year deadline was set for ratification by three-fourths of the state legislatures...
...Keyworth II, director of the Federal Office of Science and Technology Policy, at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.: "Let's not cast around for villains and come up with the Arabs for raising the price of their oil or the Japanese for stealing our technology. Our lost momentum in the world's marketplaces is largely our own fault. Back when we were basking in the dreams of an economic never-never land, Nos. 2 and 3 and on down the line were gearing up for just what we've always said American society thrived on-competition...
...demonstrators seem too radical, or even a little kooky, the antinuclear coalition could lose some of its broad-based support. Moreover, now that President Reagan has announced that a new round of strategic-arms talks with the Soviets will begin June 29, the movement could lose its momentum...
...diminishing the treasures of divine truth that the church has constantly confessed and taught." John Paul, with his well-publicized disciplinary policies regarding two progressive theologians, West Germany's Hans Küng and the Dominican Edward Schillebeeckx of The Netherlands, has probably slowed down the forward momentum, in the eyes of non-Catholic liberals, at least. Says W.A. Visser 't Hooft, 81, co-founder of the World Council of Churches: "Let's face it. The Pope remains a theological conservative. There are great differences between his image and reality. In a way, KRAFT the church...
Though a few musical shows were amplified in the '50s, the practice did not become established until the '60s, gaining momentum with the success of two electronically hyped rock musicals, Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar. Today no musical would open without a soundman ringing the decibels. The Pirates of Penzance has 42 microphones scattered around the stage in Manhattan's huge Minskoff Theater. The sound system of Dreamgirls is so complicated that when Soundman Otts Munderloh sits down at his control console, he looks as if he could be managing the landing of a space shuttle from...