Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Saturday at MIT's Alumni Pool, it was the Engineers' turn to shine, as they pulled out a 7-6 victory. MIT rode on this momentum to win the MIT Invitational Tournament...
...momentum had shifted," Dermody said...
...Point findings represented a sharp setback for Barre, 64, who had based his candidacy on the contention that he was the center right's best bet to beat Mitterrand. Barre gamely sought to fire up his campaign in the final days, adding factory tours and cafe stops, but the momentum appeared to remain with Chirac. Said a Chirac campaign official of Barre's comeback chances: "We believe it is too late...
Dukakis, the slight favorite over Jackson in New York, hoped that a win there would put the nomination within his grasp; a clear victory would send uncommitted party leaders tumbling into his camp and provide momentum, the year's most elusive force, as the contests head toward states with lower percentages of black voters. He was frustrated that Jackson's poetry had eclipsed the prose of his solid antidrug record. As Governor he created the Alliance Against Drugs in 1984; he claims that drug use among high school seniors in Massachusetts subsequently declined twice as fast as the national average...
...think it establishes Governor Dukakis as the undisputed frontrunner," said his state campaign director, Jose Villareal. "Governor Dukakis has established a momentum throughout the Western states that is going to carry him to victory in New York...