Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Throughout the game the hoopsters constantly approached the Bulldogs but the lost the momentum before taking the lead. Four times in the second half, Harvard reached its way to within two points of the Eli only to squander its attempts and fall back to a five or six point deficit...
...into the confrontation undefeated, untested, and the reigning eastern champs, the Crimson started the day slowly, with solid but unspectacular swims pushing it to the top of the 26 team pack. But in the final race--the 400 medley relay--the swimmers matched their point-total with some real momentum...
...when the taste for folk and primitive art was gathering momentum in America, a museum director was asked: Why is there no more folk art? Because, he neatly countered, we have no more folk. And he was almost right, but not wholly. The urbanization of American culture, the bulldozing of eddies, pockets and old beliefs, went on everywhere. But there have been exemptions in some areas. One of these was the rural black community in the South; another, the city ghetto. Yet no major museum, until recently, asked the question: Is there a black folk-art tradition that survives today...
...diplomacy since the October War had to be brought to some conclusion. Sadat therefore asked that I stay in the Middle East until the negotiations had either succeeded or failed. A disengagement agreement, in his view, was essential to turn a new page in Arab-American relations and give momentum to the peace process with Israel. To demonstrate his sincerity, Sadat gave himself a deadline. He had scheduled a trip around the Arab world starting the following Friday, Jan. 18. He hoped to complete the agreement before then. In that case he would urge an end to the oil embargo...
...When they threw that stuff out at first," Cleary said. "I was worried about a delay in the game. It could have killed the momentum and momentum is so important in a game like this. But, it didn...