Word: setbacks
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Whereas in the past, a successful ground game might have been the focus of the Harvard assault, the Crimson seemed to take the setback in stride and proceed to other options...
...defense is sparked by a chiseled group of veterans, while the offense is a youth movement at the primary positions. Other than a minor setback to Patriot League powerhouse Bucknell, the Crimson has experienced nothing but W's. And after last week's 14-12 squeaker against Princeton, it appears that destiny is finally smiling upon Cambridge...
Buckingham Palace is denying allegations of a royal row over Diana's death (People Daily), while bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones has regained consciousness and is apparently able to talk (Reuters) ... In Northern Ireland, a mystery bomb is a setback for peace talks (TIME Daily) ... Congress is considering a proposal that would have business executives audit the IRS (TIME Daily) ... William Weld is keeping a low profile in the wake of quitting his battle with Senator Jesse Helms (TIME Daily), just as the country he wanted to be ambassador to, Mexico, is praised for its drug-fighting efforts (Reuters) ... Steve Jobs...
...special case. The ubiquitous brown-uniformed drivers are almost part of the American family. People readily sympathized with the strikers, who charged that UPS was greedy in paying ever growing numbers of part-timers less than full-time employees. On the other hand, labor suffered a setback this month when a group of Wal-Mart stores workers in Wisconsin rejected the United Steelworkers of America...
...District's nonvoting representative in Congress, did an about-face: after first calling the deal a "big win," she denounced it as "too high a price." Meanwhile, Barry--whose popularity is so low that nearly 80% of residents say it's time for him to go--is using the setback to his advantage. "Democracy has been raped," he asserts, decrying the white Republicans in Congress--particularly North Carolina Senator Lauch Faircloth--who spearheaded the takeover. Says a congressional aide: "Faircloth doesn't realize that he just became treasurer to Marion Barry's re-election campaign...