Word: momentum
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...There were green lights everywhere, but not enough momentum to turn on the afterburners that keep traders moving into the market. That last ingredient showed up when GE (GE) disclosed that S&P had cut its coveted AAA rating to AA+. Some expected the downgrade to be worse or that S&P would indicate it saw more bad news coming for the large conglomerate. That did not happen. So, the news was "better than expected" and whatever gravity had been holding stocks down disappeared. The news about GE shows how perverse the market has become and also serves...
...Facing a deficit of 7-5, the pair took the momentum with a giant overhead smash by Rosekrans that landed in the gallery. Later in the game, she once again showed her skills at the net, angling a ball at the feet of her BC counterpart...
...feel slow at times. The viewer must embrace it and soak in the film’s visual extravagance, or reject it and battle moments of boredom, which at 163 minutes the movie cannot avoid.The film’s saving quality is that when it seems to be losing momentum, Snyder injects humor to restore the tempo. And “Watchmen” certainly laughs at itself at times, from its over-the-top sex scene to some comical music choices, such as “Ride of the Valkyries” as Dr. Manhattan wins in Vietnam. Inclusion...
...meter shot. The shot went wide, but Halpern regained possession to score in the last second of regulation.After a five-minute break, the match jumped into the two extra frames, where the Crimson hoped to capitalize on its newly found energy.“We wanted to carry the momentum from the end of the game into the last six minutes.” Halpern said. “We wanted to stay composed and not force any shorts or cause careless turnovers.”Less than two minutes in, Harvard committed a costly foul, and UNH converted...
...crackdown began late Tuesday night, with the government invoking Section 144 of the 1860 Penal Code, a law from the British colonial era that forbids public gatherings of four or more people. As whispers of imminent arrests gathered momentum and local television channels exhibited lengthy lists of intended targets, many prominent lawyers and politicians went into hiding, just as they did during a crackdown operated by former President Pervez Musharraf (who was defeated at the polls by the combined parties of Zardari and his now estranged ally Nawaz Sharif). (See pictures from the historic 2008 election that brought down Musharraf...