Word: momentum
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...established standards for measuring student progress. A new Education Secretary could, if he or she so desired, gut the accountability provisions in No Child Left Behind with the stroke of a pen. And in Washington, where the budget is controlled by Congress, Obama's leadership could give Rhee enormous momentum--or shut her down. "It would send a huge message if this Administration actually took a side on where we are with the union negotiations here," she says. The question is which side Obama...
...marriage has survived in none of them. Those bans, together with existing legislation, make gay marriage expressly illegal in 45 states. And while the outcome of the legal challenges to California's recent vote to ban gay marriage will be watched closely, even gay rights activists say the momentum is draining from the gay marriage fight...
...Vaillancourt shot from the right board. Harvard concluded the scoring run with Wilson’s goal with only 10 seconds left in the game. Despite only posting nine shot attempts, the Crimson tallied three goals in the period. “We got a little momentum going, good things happened last night and good things happened tonight,” Stone said. “We got to have a little moxie and know we are going to win if we play well and play together.” In the end, Harvard outshot Cornell...
...forward Michael Del Mauro all had shots on goal in the early going.Despite having control of the game early in the first period, a quick lapse in play caused the Crimson to suddenly find itself down two goals. The Raiders scored two goals within 40 seconds to swing the momentum its way. “I guess for a few minutes we let down our guard and they got two quick goals,” Killorn said. “That was kind of a downer, but then we scored in the second period, so we knew we could build...
...second period and three in the third. The frustration at the end was especially bad given the Harvard’s quick start to open the high-energy rivalry. Those second period penalties represented the turning point, as they both killed the Crimson’s offensive momentum and allowed Cornell to come away with the eventual game-winner. “That second goal was huge, because that was right in the middle of our penalty spree that we took in the second period,” co-captain Jimmy Fraser said. “And then after that...