Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there can't be a gentlemen's agreement whereby one side says to the other, 'O.K., you hit only our rockets, and we won't touch anything but military targets on your side.' When the war actually starts, it will proceed by its own momentum. If one side is attacked, it'll hit back with everything it has." In effect, these Soviet spokesmen are re-endorsing the concept of mutual assured destruction that Schlesinger, Brown and others have abandoned...
...merger momentum continues unabated, the public could demand congressional action to curb takeovers. Two years ago, Democratic Senators Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio and Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts introduced a bill in Congress that could have prohibited mergers between companies with assets of $2 billion or more. If sentiment against mergers grows, they stand ready to introduce that legislation again...
...final Israeli withdrawal next year. About half of the 2,500-man unit will be American, with the remainder coming from Australia, Canada, Ecuador and other countries. At least the basic Camp David peace accord was still intact, even if the Israeli-Egyptian normalization process had lost some momentum...
...fails, he at least can try to blame the Democrats in the 1982 elections for any of the economy's shortcomings. At one White House strategy session, said a participant, some aides were "hesitant to go all out for an alternative budget because a loss could cost momentum on the tax bill." But Reagan told them to battle on. Said he: "If it comes to a fight, I say damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead...
...Administration loses, it will suffer a stunning reverse. If it wins, the victory could make Reagan's political momentum seem daunting. As for the economy, cutting taxes at all during a period of giant deficits and menacing inflation could be perilous. The risk increases with the length and depth of the reductions. The nation is about to try Reagan's experiment, but the question of how far to go promises a bitter battle. -By George J. Church. Reported by Douglas Brew and Neil MacNeil/Washihgton