Word: momentum
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...Cornell 6-3. “We were really fired up going into the match,” Lavoie said. “We knew it was going to be close, and coming off the Cornell loss, we really wanted a victory.” Though the Crimson regained momentum with the win, there is still much training to be done for Harvard to prepare itself for its toughest competition of the year against Trinity after the break—the Bantams haven’t lost in over a decade. “There are certain areas...
...South Carolina primary, held on Jan. 26, thus provided Obama with what Plouffe called a “moment of velocity”—a 28-point win and strong momentum going into the 22 primary contests held Tuesday...
...game, he hit two three-pointers in the final minute of regulation, including the game-tying shot with eight seconds left. Housman finished with 13 points in 37 minutes. “We were right there, a couple baskets and we have a huge win, tons of momentum,” he said. “There’s definitely a few positives to take from it, we just have to make sure we don’t get too down on ourselves because we should have had it.” —Staff writer Ted Kirby...
...seconds left and senior forward Katie Rollins kicked the ensuing Vermont inbounds pass out of harms’ way to secure the victory. “Usually when you make the kind of errors we made at the end, the pressure mounts, and you roll over, and the momentum shifts,” coach Kathy Delany-Smith said. “I was really happy with our youth that we didn’t roll over and die. It’s a big win.” The Cantamounts held the momentum in the first half, as it started...
...President-elect Barack Obama now promises to do in America. But ditch-digging on a national scale, Beijing knows, will not take China where it needs to go. Only if leaders execute a series of complex alterations to the foundations of its economic growth will China maintain its momentum. "The [global slump] is absolutely accelerating the fundamental changes that were already taking place," says Daniel Rosen, a principal at the Rhodium Group, a New York City - based economic-consulting firm. "The Chinese may have understandably felt entitled to relax a bit after 30 years of wrenching change. Unfortunately, they...