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Word: momentum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although Martin executed some snazzy lay-ups and jump shots. Harvard failed to reestablish the momentum which had carried it in the opening of the second half. Martin pumped in a team-high 24 points, shooting an admirable 12 for 19 from the floor. Her tally set a season record for the most points scored in one game by any individual...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: Brown Dumps Women Hoopsters, 71-64 | 2/17/1982 | See Source »

After disappointing losses to Cornell, Brown and Yale, the highly acclaimed Crimson cagers needed a sweep against the powers from the South to build momentum before a torturous five-game road trip, which will include stops in the unfriendly homes of the Tigers and Quakers...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Crimson Slips Past Princeton; Falls to Quakers | 2/16/1982 | See Source »

...team was able to build up momentum with a string of victories in this closely contested meet. The Crimson kept the score close through early on before pulling away from Columbia in the end, winning four of the last five matches. But at the meet's outset, when Lion wrestler Dave Galdi pinned Bill Clapps in the 150-lb. weight class, the score stood at 13-7 in favor of Columbia, it seemed that Harvard might fail in a tight match for the second time in two days...

Author: By G. ROBERT Strauss, | Title: Matmen Tame Lions, 24-16, To Meet Yale for Ivy Title | 2/16/1982 | See Source »

Because of financial difficulties-- brought on by inflation and decreasing endowments--the research activities of the allied institutions have decreased significantly, Solbrig and Dowling said. All members of the Organismic Division hope that the institutions can come closer to the University and regain some of their former research momentum...

Author: By Rebecca J.joseph, | Title: Bio Undergoes Mitosis | 2/13/1982 | See Source »

...some of our expenditures from arms to the policies of the NIEO or some alternative program--slowly, at first--we may well set in motion a positive feedback cycle which will not only digest the very roots of our hellishly costly arms race, but do so with ever increasing momentum By freeing manpower from the arms industry, we will enjoy the advantage of Japan and West Germany and shift growth to such other areas as electronics, automobiles, and even solar energy. We will reduce our potentially disastrous rate of consumption of nonrenewable resources. We will drastically reduce the deficit...

Author: By Fred H. Chang, | Title: Making the World Safe for Democracy | 2/10/1982 | See Source »

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