Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hopes of the Crimson gridders set with the sun, many Harvard fans felt little pain, as The Event carried a momentum of its own, spilling off the field and into the reunions, the parties, the bars. Yale was in town for its bi-annual visit, and if ever there was an excuse to make an absolute fool of yourself, this was it. Many of the Crimson and the Blue came through, admirably...
...deputy to Carter's special Middle East envoy Sol Linowitz, shuttled between Jerusalem and Cairo trying to nail down a "memorandum of understanding" among Egypt, Israel and the U.S. The White House fears that unless the progress achieved so far in the negotiations is closely defined in writing, momentum for further progress may dry up before the Reagan Administration can resume the initiative. Talks on autonomy for the West Bank and Gaza Strip are scheduled to resume in Cairo this week, but only at the nonministerial level...
...blue-chip stocks up by 49 points, to 986.35; that was a half point below the previous high reached on Jan. 10, 1977-just ten days before Jimmy Carter moved into the White House. At week's end some brokers were speculating that the market had enough upward momentum to propel the Dow through the magic 1,000 level-which it last hit in 1973-by the time Reagan takes up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue...
...deal with some pressing economic problems. During the campaign, notes Chicago Economist Robert Genetski, "Reagan did not concentrate on the pain ahead. The necessary economic adjustment was underplayed, and 1981 is going to be rough." The new Administration, as Banker Rohatyn notes, will be "starting off with all the momentum going the wrong way." Instead of inheriting an economy that is expanding smartly, as he might have hoped, Reagan is faced with one that could plunge into recession again sometime this winter. At best, economists say, the prospect is for almost no real growth over the next twelve months...
Calhoun-Berkeley grabbed the momentum early, driving all the way down to the Quincy 20 before coughing the ball up on an interception...