Word: setback
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Other upsets last week: ¶Unpredictable Louisiana State knocked the props from under North Carolina and Halfback Choo Choo Charlie Justice, 13-7, for the Tar Heels' first regular-season setback in 22 games. ¶Underdog Southern Methodist, minus the services of Quarterback Doak Walker (ill with influenza), came from behind to beat undefeated Kentucky...
Harvard thus ended a losing streak which began five weeks ago at Palo Alto and extended through the next four games. For the visitors from Worcester, it marked the sixth straight setback of a victoryless season...
...high-riding Eliot Elephants continued their winning ways yesterday with an easy 20 to 0 victory over Dunster. It was the Funsters' third straight setback...
Senator George D. Aiken, leader in the fight for farm supports, received a serious setback this weekend when a Joint Conference Committee of Congress agreed tentatively to adopt a flat 90 percent of parity for the support of basic farm crops. But immediately after, the Committee withdrew its decision, leaving Senator Aiken confused, uncertain, and unhappy...
Umbashed by this setback, Miss Dixon took the turtle to her West Newton home that night and joined him in the bathtub. "He swam and he swam and he swam," Miss Dixon said, recounting the thrill of the event...