Word: setbacks
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...vote was a setback not just for Jackson but for Bill Clinton as well. During the presidential campaign, Clinton said he'd change the policy. Jackson plans to continue his fast, which was inspired by the more than 200 Haitians at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who are also shunning food in protest. Meanwhile, bad news keeps rolling in for Haitians. In Miami a Haitian man surrendered to authorities after hijacking a DC-3. And off the coast of the luckless island, a ferryboat that may have been carrying as many as 1,000 people (nonrefugees traveling...
Unfortunately, a spineless overreaction to the Baird fiasco prevented Clinton from nominating Wood. That decision is a political setback for Clinton's administration, an unfortunate loss for the country and a grievous injustice to Kimba Wood...
Warner's decision may be a temporary setback for artistic freedom, but probably not for Ice-T's pocketbook. He'll find another label for the album, and industry sources expect him to pull down a higher royalty rate than he got under his Warner contract...
...decision climaxed a 29-day ordeal that secured Baird's place in the history books as the Clinton Administration's first major setback. As hard a comedown as it was for the talented Connecticut lawyer who stood to become America's first female Attorney General, it was a greater embarrassment for Clinton. The episode showed Clinton and his aides acting hastily, naively and cavalierly in brushing aside Baird's early warning that she had employed two undocumented Peruvians in her home. When the pieces of the shattered nomination are fitted together, Baird's civil infraction appears less careless than...
...Japan's setback provides a moment of respite for America's Big Three, which have problems of their own. GM, the most bloated U.S. automaker, plans to lay off 74,000 of its 360,000 workers in a bid to cut costs. Ford will post an estimated $6 billion loss for 1992, largely because of a huge write-off for future retirement obligations. Chrysler remains saddled with $13 billion in high-interest debt...