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There is something I want to say, though, about the Crimson’s current hot streak. If the team is going to keep its momentum, it has to avoid reverting to the poor third period performance that plagued the early parts of the season...
Students said they saw the address as an effort to bolster the Democratic Party’s momentum, which took a hit after Republican Scott P. Brown won a historically Democratic seat in the Mass. senatorial election last week. Brown will be the 41st Republican Senator, giving his party filibuster power that could derail the Democrats’ plans for health care reform...
...Last Hit The momentum for change is strong. Last spring, for example, the state of Washington passed the Lystedt Law, named for Zackery Lystedt, who as a 13-year-old played with a concussion during a 2006 game. Lystedt collapsed after the game. His brain hemorrhaged, he went into a monthlong coma, and he remains paralyzed on one side of his body. The law requires that all youth athletes suspected of sustaining a concussion or head injury during a practice or game must sit out and may not return to play unless cleared by a licensed medical provider trained...
...compromise. History leaves reason for optimism. The original Social Security bill in 1935 covered far fewer people than it does today, but efforts in subsequent years capitalized upon its passage to include addenda that expanded its welfare net. Similar expansions have occurred with Medicare coverage. Congress must seize the momentum of this bill and address the discarded elements in the near future to further ameliorate the malfunctions and inequities in our healthcare system...
...That’s a big goal,” Buesser said. “As a defensive team, you never want to give up a goal like that, and it gives us a lot of momentum going into the second period...