Word: setback
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first severe test since World War II came to the Americas. It is a test that may spell victory or defeat in the war. For as Japanese diplomatic treachery on war's eve cost the U.S. the first round of the Battle of the Pacific, so a setback at Rio might well lead to discord in the hemisphere, Axis inroads, even defeat in the Battle of the Atlantic...
After handing the Deacons of Kirkland their first setback last December, Winthrop showed good team play in taking Eliot 27 to 10. Scoring honors were well divided among the first team, Kay Rogers collecting eight, Ralph Seigler and "Woodie" Woodward six apiece, and Al Sachs four...
Lull Before Lunge. After the first Japanese thrust there had come a lull-especially in enemy air activity which had given the British their first setback. The Jap was apparently gathering for another lunge. He was on a line roughly 300 miles above Singapore, but scattered patrols on the east coast, apparently landed from the sea, were within 175 miles. If the Philippines fell, many transports busy there might soon be available to the Japanese for reinforcing Malaya...
...Times. In dry Oklahoma City, a man cheerfully paid a $662 fine for possessing un-tax-paid whiskey. "The price has jumped from $10 to $14 a case," he beamed. "I can afford a little setback...
Both the Funsters and the Dormitory team have won twice, but the Dunster record is marred with one loss. Adams comes next with one tie and one setback, followed by Eliot, Leverett, and Lowell with two defeats and a deadlock apiece. Kirkland is in the cellar with two losses in as many starts...