Word: momenturn
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...argues against these cuts will seem to oppose eliminating the budget deficit or to not have the "courage" to get tough and make the choices that must be made. By placing the CPB subsidy at the top of the Appropriations Committee's agenda, the Republicans can use the momenturn from the Congressional election to put the Democrats on the defensive...
...Momenturn," they say, is mass times velocity. But for some sports teams it means much more...
...actions in the Democratic-controlled House as well as the G.O.P.-dominated Senate. Also the comparatively low approval rating the President now has in polls (see box) might make those forthcoming fights harder to win. One political aide went so far as to say, "We've lost some momenturn, and I don't know how we will get it back...
OVER THE past two years, liberal Democrats have often toyed with the idea of a fourth party. Less than two weeks after the 1968 Democratic convention, the idea gained such momenturn that Sen. Eugene McCarthy reportedly met with Gov. Nelson A. Rockfeller to discuss its feasibility...
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