Traction? (Was Re: Sudden Jihad Syndrome)

[Mark A. Mandel]

 davemarc <davemarc at PANIX.COM> observes:
    >>>>>

With all due respect, I wonder how much traction there really is at this
point. At a glance, the Google hits seem to consist largely of citations and
other references to Pipes's article(s) rather than any other invocation of
the phrase.

 <<<<<

It's pretty clear what you mean by traction, but where did this expression
come from?

-- Mark (feeling ignorant)
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