Word: setback
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This win gives the Crimson a slightly better record for tomorrow night's return engagement with Camp Edwards. The soldiers handed the courtmen a decisive setback in the initial encounter at Edwards last Saturday. The game will be played in the Indoor Athletic Building at 8 o'clock...
...studied law, got her de gree from the University of Texas, became parliamentarian of the Texas Legislature and wrote a book on parliamentary law. At 22, Oveta codified Texas' banking laws. At 24, she ran for the State Legislature and was beaten - the first setback in a face-ever-forward career...
Losing margins are not very good criteria of playing abilities as a rule, however. Yale's recent triumph over Camp Thomas came on the heels of a thumping setback of almost 20 points by the very same team...
...buyers would be using their own capital or income to buy his stock. To the extent that the new stockholders might otherwise have bought bonds instead, the U.S. Government would exchange hundreds of small bondholders for one big one, while the fight against inflation would, if anything, suffer a setback...
...gussets as any village dressmaker. Because style is a big, profitable business ($1.7 billion a year from U.S. women), the Mayor has tirelessly plugged New York-manufactured dresses, has time & again proclaimed Manhattan the new fashion capital of the world. Last week an expert gave the Little Flower a setback...