Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Crimson coach Bob Scalise refused to blame only the elements for his team's defeat. "I think Princeton's a really good team--they got fired up after they got their first goal and it's hard to turn around momentum...
...decision to debate, the fresh hope for the hostages, the speculation over whether or not the Reagan drive had lost its momentum-all added to a spreading feeling that the long campaign was rapidly building to a turning point. The week was full of ironies: Reagan did well barnstorming the country, but it was Carter who ended up with the best chance to exploit. Aside from the possibility of the return of the hostages-the "October surprise" that the Republicans have been dreading-Carter has been yearning for a head-to-head debate with Reagan and a chance to overcome...
...Knowledgeable viewers recognized them as William M. Agee, 42, soon-to-be-divorced chairman of the Bendix Corp. in Southfield, Mich., and Mary E. Cunningham, 29, his rapidly promoted vice president for strategic planning. That TV image was the first journalistic glimmer of a story that has gathered enough momentum in the past five weeks to eclipse national interest in who shot...
There are hints of Rossini and Donizetti in all this. Yet Bach manages to translate traditional themes into his own idiom: the opera's feeling is classical; its music is modern. The opening sets the tone, with sounds as light as Lloyd Evans' airy sets. The momentum flags some what in the middle, but then at the end the composer recaptures his inspiration with a beautiful fugue, all six singers joining in joyous celebration. The cast is admirable. Beverly Evans as the maid is a good bit more than admirable, combining a fine mezzo-soprano with a deft...
...with 19 seconds to go in the half Friedman swung the momentum toward MIT scoring his third goal to give the Engineers a 5-4 lead...