Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...events--sponsored in party by a Harvard branch of a national military policy group--were an effort to "create political momentum" to help the Afghanistan freedom-fighters overcome Russian oppression, said Andrew L. Eiva, president of the Boston-based Free Afghanistan Alliance, which organized the day's events...
...very satisfied with the tie tonight. Badger Bob said, "The bonus--and it was a big bonus--is the momentum it will give us going into the game next weekend...
...audience does thrill to it. Rhetoric though they be, Miller's fiery prophecies of revolution, Reiffel's well-padded complacency and the workers' vignettes of woe create a momentum that overcomes the pragmatic 1980s assumption that "nothing is ever that simple." Director Josh Milton's fine sense of timing and placement melds the difficult mancuvers of lockstep group motion and robot-like dance rhythms to reinforce a visceral feeling of brewing social pressure, of the inevitable coming explosion...
...gathering of profound importance for the entire world community is gaining momentum as the convening date approaches. The event is the second United Nations Special Session on Disarmament (SSD II) to begin on June 7, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York...
...sparks ignite, but they only leaves the audience with an unquenched thirst for more. The conversation between Harold Ryan and his son Paul (Leo Luberecki) as Ryan tells of his adventures the audience of for a moment, as the pair's first-ever meeting proves moving. But the momentum doesn't last. Besides, we've seen enough housewives breaking out on their own and we've seen enough of macho men destroyed and replaced by the scientific, mechanized heroes of today...