Word: momentum
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Einstein also continued his contributions to quantum physics by raising questions that are still playing a pivotal role in the modern development of the theory. Shortly after devising general relativity, he showed that photons have momentum, and he came up with a quantum theory of radiation explaining that all subatomic particles, including electrons, exhibit characteristics of both wave and particle...
...their guns on a crowd in Amritsar, massacring 400. Gandhi called his underestimating of the violence inside Indian society his "Himalayan blunder." Still, villagers mobbed him wherever he went, calling him Mahatma. By 1922, 30,000 followers had been jailed, and Gandhi ordered civil disobedience. The British slowed the momentum by jailing him for 22 months...
...aware that any setbacks there could sink him just as quickly as it propelled him into the lead in the race to succeed Yeltsin." With Chechen rebels proving far more resilient than the boasts of Russia?s generals have allowed for, the accelerated election timetable guards against Putin losing momentum...
...counterattack is well under way and gathering momentum. Traditional merchants have taken heart from, of all places, Charles Schwab, which has broken down the walls between its off-line brokerage business (with 335 retail locations) and Schwab.com its online business. Schwab had to be spry enough to devise cross-channel pricing for stock trades; allow account access via the Web, telephone and in person; and create advertising that speaks to the Web savvy as well as the Net illiterate. The result: over the past two years, Schwab has emerged as the best-positioned retail brokerage, with more than $628 billion...
With regained momentum, the Crimson heads out to the Mariucci Classic at the University of Minnesota, a round robin that features the University of Northern Michigan (13-4-1, 9-2-1 CCHA) and UMass (4-8-2, 0-6-1 Hockey East) in addition to the host Golden Gophers (6-10-2, 4-6-2 WCHA...