Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...winning percentage the men's squads racked up in the composite standings put them in second place behind Princeton's imposing .711 percentage. The Tigers' vigorous recruiting tactics have begun to pay off in spades, and the type of success encountered by Princeton teams tends to generate a momentum...
...that if polls showed that Anderson had a real shot at the presidential election by October, 31 per cent of the electorate would vote for the independent, equaling the number who would vote for Carter and falling only four points short of Reagan's total. "If Anderson's apparent momentum were to continue, it is entirely possible that he could finish ahead of Carter and could press Reagan for the lead," added Harris...
Carter's ego-boosting appearance before the N.E.A. was the highlight of a frantic week of sputtering presidential fireworks, or possibly distress signals, as he tried to generate momentum for his campaign. Though he had just returned from a moderately upbeat trip to Europe, Carter took off on another 15-day marathon that would wing him twice across the U.S., then to Japan, then to a stopover in Alaska on the way back and finally to a few days of rest at Sapelo Island off the coast of Georgia, where he would watch the Republican Convention...
...fired Campaign Manager John Sears last February, Reagan has been his own boss, and who can argue with success? He breezed through most of the primaries, brushing aside his opponents without really seeming to be trying. But as a Republican strategist who backs Reagan says, "It was historical momentum rather than operational depth or skill that won it." When the going gets rough in the months ahead, Reagan will need solid work from a staff that has shown some alarming signs of disorganization...
Even with the momentum they have gathered this year, District 65 organizers will not rest on their laurels. "It's going to be a hot summer at Harvard," Kristine Rondeau, one organizer, says