Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...annual rate of 4.3%, the largest quarterly gain since 1984. While that surge partly reflected a rise in the production of unsold goods that will probably not be repeated in the second quarter, it was welcome news. The employment statistics provide further evidence of the economy's momentum. In April the jobless rate fell to 6.3% of the work force, down from 6.6% the previous month...
...Mart now has tremendous momentum, but the founder is still a prime force. The son of an Oklahoma farm-mortgage broker, Walton earned an economics degree from the University of Missouri and joined J.C. Penney in 1940 as an $85-a-month trainee. After serving in the Army, he pooled his savings and borrowed $25,000 to buy a Ben Franklin store in Newport, Ark., in 1945. By the late 1950s he owned more than a dozen similar stores, but decided that the future was in discounting rather than in five-and-dimes. After studying a K mart in Chicago...
...sales will gain momentum when the world's No. 1 computer maker begins summer shipments of four new models using the Intel chip. Once the machines get their full complement of software sometime next year, they are likely to set new performance standards. But customers no longer hold their breath for the latest gear with IBM's distinctive blue markings. Even though buyers knew for much of 1986 that IBM was readying the new line, "they needed new machines and were not going to wait around forever," says Bill Lempesis, a Dataquest analyst. While some settled for deeply discounted older...
...defensive intensity suffered in the first minutes of the fourth period, and Harvard Co-Captain Kelley Withy notched a pair of goals 49 seconds apart to build a 5-3 lead. The Engineers, sensing that momentum had shifted away from them, began to open up their offense, hoping to make something happen...
...greatest comeback I've seen in college tennis," Harvard Coach Ed Krass said. "[Kathy] picked up the momentum for the rest of the team...