1.   Already, momentum is building for some sort of government-mandated oil reserve, and pressure is likely to build when Energy Secretary Richardson visits Boston next week.

2.   Although momentum is building for fundamental change in the income tax, the obstacles are great.

3.   As the casting of the key roles was announced, a momentum built.

4.   Barak and Shimon Peres, the former prime minister, will remain in Jerusalem unless the momentum builds to require their presence, Israeli television said.

5.   Boxer said she believed that momentum was building for public hearings.

6.   But an undeniable momentum is building, fueled by public unrest.

7.   But other American officials said momentum was building in favor of earlier talks.

8.   But the momentum built once Smith had left, with bystanders spontaneously adding their voices to the call.

9.   Even so, the momentum is building to hear from witnesses.

10.   For the first time since Prohibition, momentum has built to allow vineyard owners to open small, boutique wineries.