Word: momentum
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...first half of the second frame, it was the Crimson who had difficulty staying out of the penalty box. A pair of consecutive hooking penalties by co-captain Kathryn Farni put Harvard on the defensive, giving the Huskies momentum and allowing them to dictate the pace of the game...
...were really pumped up about [Wurzbacher’s race],” freshman Greg Roop said. “It gave us a little bit of momentum and got the ball rolling for the rest of the meet...
With over a month until Harvard faces powerhouse Rochester, the Crimson will attempt to continue its momentum and undefeated status...
...phrase war on terror, not to mention Islamofascism. And the World War II and Cold War analogies have mostly ceased. Even in Afghanistan, Obama has sharply narrowed the U.S.'s goals. While still aiming to "defeat al-Qaeda," we're now trying only to "reverse the Taliban's momentum and deny it the ability to overthrow the government." In other words, we'll tolerate Taliban control over large chunks of the Afghan countryside...
...willing to concede a lot simply to forestall a U.S. attack. Now, with the U.S. mired in Afghanistan and Iraq, they are less afraid and thus less willing to deal. Similarly, the Taliban have little incentive to break with al-Qaeda so long as they feel they're gaining momentum in the Afghan war. It will be hard for Obama to win at the negotiating table what he can't win on the battlefield. After all, despite Nixon's intricate diplomacy with Moscow and Beijing, neither communist superpower helped him where he wanted it most - in preventing a U.S. defeat...