Word: momentum
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...through an entire year without having a single scrimmage is extremely difficult,” Baise said. “Practices need to have some real competition and momentum. You have to practice the intensity level of games...
...While the fall season has little bearing on rankings and championships, both Harvard crews carried the momentum of the strong finishes from the fall head races into the spring, plowing through their early competition...
...theory? People always apply the brakes to whichever side has the momentum. The stakes are too high, the pain too private, whatever decision a woman makes, to see the issue treated as an ideological toy or fundraising tool. Obama got in trouble in his talk last August with Rick Warren for saying that the question of when life begins was "above my pay grade." But just because he was glib doesn't mean he was wrong...
...Pontiff has the geopolitical wherewithal to matter in these complicated times. With the Obama Administration gearing up to try to jump-start Middle East negotiations - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Washington next week - the Pope's presence in the region could have offered an extra jolt of momentum. Instead, the conflicts and expectations of the regions' opposing parties, as well as a papal tentativeness on certain issues, produced a number of muddled messages...
...politically charged environment that has the potential to cause Colom to resign, Isaacs says. "This country has for so long been paralyzed by the pervasive violence and the potent mix of gangs and narcotraffickers," she says. "Now that paralysis has turned into rage. And if these demonstrations pick up momentum, they could have a snowball effect...