Word: setbacks
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...elections. Next March, Iranians go to the polls to elect the 270 legislators of the Majlis, or parliament. There are no political parties, and candidates deemed disloyal to the revolution can be nixed by a conservative-controlled Council of Guardians, but even with these obstacles, they?ve produced setback after setback for the conservative clergy. Three years ago the conservative core in the Majlis was reduced from 170 to 140, and then two years ago Khatami trounced the conservatives? candidate for the presidency in a 70 percent landslide. And the conservatives have been bracing for further setbacks next March...
Though the setback is worrying College officials, Lichten says he's excited about the artifacts...
...says TIME Detroit bureau chief Nichole Christian, "there?s an emotional connection that tends to drive the price up." But in the end, it is hardball negotiations that usually fix the final price tag, she says. This is precisely what happened in GM?s last major product-liability setback. In February 1993, a Georgia jury slapped General Motors with a $105 million verdict for having designed its C/K pickup trucks with sidesaddle gas tanks, which the plaintiffs claimed made the vehicles prone to explode during side crashes. The Georgia verdict was overturned by an appellate court on a technicality...
Still, administrators said despite the setback they are excited about what the formal excavation of the bones might turn...
...studied ballet for 10 years, eventually ending up at the School of American Ballet in New York City, before she got "kicked out" because her 5'3" stature was considered "too short" for a budding ballerina. But this setback did not deter Lan for long. "I went next door," Lan recalls matter-of-factly. "Next door" turned out to be the Juilliard School of Music, where Lan studied viola and piano, performed at Lincoln Center, and eventually produced a prelude for the viola quintet and a chant and recitative for the viola and piano. These works were recorded...