Word: setbacks
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...these legislative efforts to protest children suffered a setback in the era of Reagan deregulation. In 1984, the FCC suddenly dropped its advertising time limits and, two years later, it removed its commercial guidelines...
...Harvard men's water polo team suffered a setback this weekend at the Eastern League Tournament, losing two tough contests in Philadelphia, Penn...
Despite this setback, Harvard's program has existed on and off for the last few decades--steadily over the last three years...
Shining Path's gruesome 12-year campaign has led to the deaths of 25,000 Peruvians. Because Guzman dominated the group's ideology as well as its centralized command, analysts expect his arrest to cause a severe setback that will put the force of 5,000 active militants on the defensive. But the guerrillas have vowed to pursue their bloody fight to destroy all of Peru's institutions and install a peasant-worker state. Last week they set off a bomb and killed a policeman to demonstrate their continued resolve. "Once a new central committee is formed," Guzman apparently told...
After the setback against Navy Sunday, Harvard tossed in its reserves, including a backup goalie, to squash Boston College, 17-8. Zimmerman collected five goals and Barker four...