Word: momentum
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...Eagles didn’t take long to respond. Boston College got their first two batters on base to start the sixth inning. With two on and no one out Allard sent Madick to the circle to replace sophomre Margaux Black in an effort to stop the momentum swing. Madick, though, walked the first batter she faced to load the bases. The next hitter blasted a grand slam over the fences to spoil the Crimson’s lead. “It was a rise ball that wasn’t out of the zone enough...
Things weren't always so bleak. Last November, Bush brought Palestinians and Israelis together in pursuit of a paper-only deal with minimal on-the-ground concessions in the hope of creating political momentum for peace. A good idea, until resurgent attacks by the militant Palestinian group Hamas made a paper-only deal seem like just that. Now even White House spokeswoman Dana Perino admits, "We have a hell of a lot of work...
...Mariachi Veritas has a positive outlook for the future. They have been recording recently and hope to release their first CD at the end of the semester. “We’ve had a really good year this year and although a lot of people are graduating, momentum will continue,” Yapp says...
...says. But when he went back to Los Angeles, it became "this huge anticlimactic thing that basically took on different shades of awe, wonder, acceptance, bitterness or disassociation for the next-what year is it?-17 years. There was this kind of lull, and I never really found any momentum to focus my creative energy after that, so pretty expectable things happened...
...with just six days left before the all important Pennsylvania primary next Tuesday, the gaffe came at a particularly bad time. He had been gaining in Keystone State polls, coming within 6 percentage points of Clinton last week before the flap from more than 20 points behind. His momentum has slowed and he's since slipped a percentage point, according to an average of Pennsylvania polls by by the non-partisan website Real Clear Politics...