Word: setbacks
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...From the computer press, which has long acted as Gates' head cheerleader (even more so since he became rich and famous) but now seems to delight in reporting Microsoft's every delay, every bug and every legal setback...
...suddenly recalled to Moscow in November 1985. Four months earlier, Aldrich Ames had told the Soviets that Varenik was spying for the cia. He was charged with that crime, tried and executed. This was a murderous tragedy, mentioned briefly in David Wise's book. It also represented a significant setback for the U.S. TIME's investigation of the Varenik case over the past three months reveals that he was one of the most promising KGB double agents the cia ever recruited...
...Justice Department dealt Microsoft Corp. a stunning setback by suing to block the software giant's acquisition of Intuit Inc., maker of the predominant personal finance software Quicken. It would have been the largest software merger ever and would also have given Microsoft a formidable lead in the emerging market of online personal finance transactions.Anne Bingaman, Justice's antitrust chief, said allowing the deal "would likely result in higher prices for consumers who want to buy personal finance software and would cause those buyers to miss out on the huge benefits from innovation." Newly-minted conventional wisdom, notesTIME technology editor...
...last-ditch plea to avoid prosecution forassisting two suicides and three attempted suicidesby terminally-ill patients. The Justices, without comment, rejected the retired Michigan pathologist's appeal of a Michigan Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution creates no right to assisted suicide.TIME law reporter Andrea Sachssays the doctor's setback will have minimal impact on the movement, which will continue to seek to expand legal rights in this area: "Dr. Kevorkian has ricocheted in and out of court so much that people now see him as a lone ranger." Kevorkian, who has aided or witnessed 21 suicides since...
...Crimson suffered its only setback of the afternoon at sixth singles where freshman Anna Chai dropped a 6-1, 6-3 decision...