Word: momentum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite controlling the tempo and momentum throughout its second round NCAA Tournament match versus Boston College yesterday afternoon, the No. 7 Harvard women's soccer team was unable to break through and it watched its amazing season come to a disappointing end with a 1-0 loss at Ohiri Field...
...downfall lies in the excessive hugging in this play. The relationships within the French family, for example, are completely demonstrated by the hugging that occurs every time the husband comes home (after a cycle of walking around the stage, of course). There is not enough dialogue, and no noticeable momentum builds up. The acting itself is pretty dry--the families do not come across as real. Maybe the problem lies as much with the script, which often tends toward the exaggerated, melodramatic, and clichd. The parents are too sentimental to their children--a little wholesome scolding in place...
...though, things are looking up. Last year's record was the team's fourth-best ever and this may be the first season since 1972 the team breaks .500. Also, the team's close losses to Penn and Princeton at the end of the season provided added confidence and momentum...
Unfortunately, Styperek's luck ran out against Columbia's Akram Zaman, the No. 12 seed. After winning the first set 6-3, Styperek lost the momentum and the match...
Recycling will gain momentum as we develop materials that are easier to reuse. For example, Jesse Ausubel, director of the Program for the Human Environment at Rockefeller University, predicts that architects will increasingly rely on new types of foamed glass that can be made unusually strong but still lightweight. Glass is a very recyclable material made from sand, and it can be crushed back essentially into sand. Ausubel thinks we could see foamed glass replace much of the concrete in today's buildings...