Word: momentum
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...McCain's embrace of alternative energy has given the issue a bipartisan flavor. And Obama believes that the quest for new engines and fuels for the future will serve as a "new driver" for robust economic growth. (It has happened before - just ask Thomas Edison and Henry Ford.) But momentum alone won't make it happen. Beneath the surface consensus lies enormous controversy. The cap-and-trade system of charging factories and utilities for permits to burn fossil fuels would be a major intervention in the economy, and opponents will argue that it's too great a shock to apply...
...party. The closing weeks of McCain's campaign produced a soap opera of Republican dysfunction. McCain gambled his hopes on a bold move to pass a Wall Street rescue plan. House Republicans cut him loose and defeated the bill, sending the stock market crashing and swinging the momentum to Obama. A steady parade of prominent Republicans jumped ship. McCain's aides and supporters began the ritual finger-pointing that is the political version of hospice care, while Palin and others dear to the gop base subtly started jockeying for advantage...
...nascent signs of a bottoming out. The rate of sales decline slowed in August, according to Case-Shiller, and in September existing home sales rose 5.5% nationally, which means buyers are finally being lured to the market by low prices. The big question: Will a recession that is gaining momentum break through housing's floor again? In other words, Is this real estate's dead-cat bounce...
...spin out of control. It may seem to many like good common sense to wait until we see proof of the serious damage global warming is doing before we take action. But it's not - we can't "wait and see" on global warming because the climate has a momentum all its own, and if we wait for decades to finally act to reduce carbon emissions, it could well be too late. Yet this simply isn't understood. Someone as smart as Bill Gates doesn't seem to get it. "Fortunately climate change, although it's a huge challenge...
...match in the first round. The Crimson player took the first set and had a match point in the second, but Steiner fought back to even the score. The final set proved easier for Peterzan, who came away with the 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 victory. Her momentum carried over to the second round Sunday against Fordham’s Dominique Ligouri. Peterzan emerged victorious 6-0, 6-0, a tally made even more impressive by Ligouri’s singles draw seeding of 17. “I thought it would be a little closer, but [Peterzan...