Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wave of student radicalism sparking riots and protests across the country could not be held back even by Harvard's formidable traditions. The campus was thrown into tumult by protests by the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), which gained momentum through 1969 to the April takeover of University Hall...
...going to be used to beam TV programs into Latin America--shows just how thin the line can be between harmless commerce and military assistance. Representative Christopher Cox sternly warned last week that China has been inducing its U.S. business partners to provide it with military-related technology, and momentum is growing in Congress for a crackdown on this kind of seepage. But the tech industry, and some outside observers, say the risks are being overblown--and some of the tighter rules being considered would be ineffective or even counterproductive...
...Kosovo air campaign, and the end to the conflict seems now to depend mostly on the domestic political concerns of the key players. "Both sides are really eager to stop this now, which gives peace talks their momentum," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "Now it's a question of what both sides think they can get away with domestically -- of how much President Clinton will be able to compromise while still making the result appear to be a victory." The three key players in the diplomatic endgame -- Russian envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin, U.S. deputy secretary of state Strobe Talbott...
...relishing this one. For two weeks Senate Democrats had had their Republican rivals in retreat over gun-control legislation. Gore, the presumptive nominee, was called in to deliver the final blow. A Democrat-backed measure to impose restrictions on firearm sales at gun shows had been given new momentum by news of another school shooting that morning, but when the votes were counted, the 100 Senators had split evenly. Gore began his intonations: "The Senate being equally divided, the Vice President votes in the affirmative, and the amendment is agreed to." Striding afterward into the office of Senate Democratic leader...
However, while pro-gun control Senators like Charles Schumer of New York argue that "the momentum has shifted" in favor of gun control, Democrats behind the scenes aren't so sure. "That's manure," said a leading House Democratic staff member. He and others haven't forgotten how in 1994 the N.R.A. knocked out two of the party's giants, Speaker Tom Foley and Judiciary Committee chairman Jack Brooks, over their support for the assault-weapons ban. And they note that rural, pro-gun districts have more clout in the House. Then there's the N.R.A.'s well-funded...