Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...long been a credo of pilots that death in any airplane accident is rarely caused by a single, catastrophic failure. Rather, it's usually the result of a succession of small failures, each essentially harmless, but building a sort of disastrous momentum until the weight of the accumulated errors brings the plane down. Similarly, there was nothing especially portentous on the final day of Kennedy's life that led, ineluctably, to tragedy. It's only in hindsight that it becomes apparent how the random eddies of those last 24 hours carried Kennedy, his wife and sister-in-law to disaster...
...understable that the American people are wary of political consultants, who sometimes seem to be masters of the obvious. Bill Clinton had a gaggle of strategists he really didn't need. He won the 1992 elections because his idealism inspired voters and because H. Ross Perot stole votes and momentum from George Bush. He beat Bob Dole principally because the economy was strong and Dole was weak. None of these require a Harvard education--or a campaign consultant--to figure...
...famous elegy, Lycidas. King (who also died at sea) was no Kennedy, but he was a handsome young cleric and a poet on the verge of a great career. Milton's lament was for King in particular and for youth in general, cut off at a moment of high momentum...
...nation?s capital, gun control activists are overjoyed to have succeeded in passing the new legislation in the largest state. "California often leads the way, showing where broader public opinion is also going," says Booth. And so the gun-restriction movement will now try to carry its California momentum into other states, with the aim of eventually targeting Washington again...
...This debate is again setting up the dynamic for the election," says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson. Encouraged by the rhetorical and political momentum they gained over gun control, Democrats are trying to force the Republicans to go through some "tough political votes" over health care, says Dickerson. Republicans would prefer not to have to deal with the HMO issue, he reports, but, aware of the political draw of the matter, they are seeking to enact a limited bill that will both pass public muster and maintain the GOP?s reputation as the party of fiscal responsibility. At the moment...