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...victory raised Harvard's record to 2-6 and pushed its Ivy mark to 2-1. The 2-1 record, obtained with the Penn win, an opening-season 2-0 blanking of Cornell and a 4-2 setback against Columbia, placed the Crimson in a four-way tie for second in the Ivy League standings...
Judge Lance Ito dismissed attempts by O.J. Simpson attorneys to suppress evidence and testimony in the Simpson case, another setback in a line of setbacks for the defense team. Defense attorney Gerald Uelmen said DNA tests done on blood found on O.J.'s driveway invaded his client's privacy. Uelmen claimed police should have obtained a search warrant before collecting the samples. Ito called the argument "interesting and novel" -- but unsupported...
...Club's recent decision to deny membership to women has proven a disappointing setback for the Harvard Radcliffe community. As co-chairs and founders of Women Appealing for Change, we had hoped for a different, more positive outcome...
...Massieu's No. 2 role in the PRI than his tenure as governor of the province where the young suspect lives. Said one speculator: "Two assassinations do not conform a social tendency, but evidently Colosio's killing seemed to break a kind of spell." Massieu's death is a setback for Mexican political change, since he was considered one of the lead reformers within...
Whatever the setback, Vallier says he will continue to be firm and fair. There is no other way, he adds, to improve the department's traditionally low morale...