Word: setbacks
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...Citicorp a 7% dip. Many smaller banks outside New York would also have felt the pinch. Crocker National of San Francisco ($440 million on loan) faced an estimated 41% drop in first-quarter profits, and First Wisconsin National of Milwaukee ($70 million) might have had a 12% earnings setback...
Union organizers are refusing to call the NLRB ruling a setback, saying only that it was a disappointment and attributing it to politics. The NLRB has adopted a decidedly pro-management stance under the Reagan Administration, says Harvard UAW organizer Kristine Rondeau...
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From King Hussein, an election-year setback for U.S. policy...
Calling the decision a "setback" for women's rights, Miller said the new interpretation may cause some universities to backslide on women's athletics. But she added that general attitudes toward equality for women's sports have advanced significantly over the past decade...