Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...keep up the politics of joy he displays on the campaign trail, Bush tried to look confident and exuberant, and he largely succeeded. Afraid of making a mistake that "might blow our momentum," he said as little as possible. Even so, he came close to one of those dread bloopers when he described Social Security, a sacrosanct subject if there ever was one, as "largely a welfare program." But then he hastily made clear that he was really talking only about supplementary benefits like Medicare-not Social Security pensions...
...scenario was simple: John Connally, after a successful lope through the primaries, would come to Detroit packing a wealthy and unstoppable political force. He would later ride out of the Motor City with the momentum to carry him past a slumping Democratic challenger. The people of the United States would wake up and recognize their need for strong leadership and would call Big John back from his Texas ranch to lead the country...
...fact that the races in both parties are considered too close to call with any assurance. Carter and Kennedy, Reagan and Bush are battling fiercely for those few extra votes that may be decisive in their campaigns. A victory, however slight, in an early primary gives a candidate momentum going into subsequent contests. Carter clobbered Kennedy 2 to 1 in Iowa, but then won more narrowly last week in Maine, 43.6% to 40.2%, with California Governor Jerry Brown picking up a surprising 13.8%. Bush upset Reagan 32% to 29% in Iowa, though Republican results in Maine will not be known...
...challenges, especially in the upper third, a steep (up to 55° grade), twisting course that runs through such expert skier's delights as "Hurricane Alley" and "Dynamite Corner." It is there the skier must show the technical virtuosity to survive the turns while building the momentum to swing down through the steep, screamingly fast (nearly 90 m.p.h.) middle section that eventually soothes to a long, final flat. "The secret," said Canada's Ken Read, "is to ski the top well. That's where the time is lost...
...consequent escalation of inflation. But to Wenglowski, the danger now is that surging inflation will keep pushing people into higher and higher tax brackets, draining the private economy of funds for wealth-and job-creating investment. That in turn crimps productivity and gives yet another source of upward momentum to inflation. The dilemma, of course, is that cutting taxes to stimulate investment simply balloons the deficit, which also tends to nudge up inflation. Said Tax Expert Pechman: "Unless expenditures are cut, there is simply no room in the budget for a tax cut now for another five years...