Word: setbacks
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...long evening of Dec. 17, 1995, Felix Braynin sat transfixed before a television set in the living room of a government guest house in Moscow. He didn't like what he saw. Returns from the elections for the Duma, the lower house of Russia's parliament, represented a devastating setback for reform-minded parties, including the one linked to Boris Yeltsin. The Communists and their allies were on their way to controlling the body, a disturbing development because in six months Russians would vote for President. Yeltsin's standing in the polls was abysmal, a reflection of his brutal misadventure...
...living conditions have become worse since the fall of communism. So, many Russians want to return to communism. Unused to freedom, they don't know how to exercise it responsibly. Russia's choices in this election offer little grounds for optimism. However, reverting to communism would be a major setback for Russia's citizens. This is a critical election. PAUL FRANCIS HEALY III Sudbury, Massachusetts
...earnest presidential candidate morphs into a skirt-chasing tabloid cartoon--and Clinton has to run harder and smarter to catch up with his dreams. Which is why some of the President's closest advisers have been anxiously peering beyond his gaudy poll numbers to the next, and inevitable, setback...
This is a major setback for the peace process, but I don't think it's the end of the process. I believe the question is going to be whether or not Bibi is going to be the master or the captive of whatever coalition he puts together. I worry about the latter because there is so much greater fragmentation under Israel's new electoral system. But the desire for peace on the part of the Israeli body politic is very strong. Bibi is going to have to deal with that. He has laid down some very tough markers, such...
Despite his initial setback, Laitin says he stuck with economics despite the hardship involved, because there "was nothing interesting enough" to give up what he had already invested in the economics curriculum...