Word: setbacks
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...order to ease the pressure on Pol Pot's surviving forces. But the risks involved in the Viet Nam invasion were far greater than those involved in the border war with India. Besides a possible Soviet retaliation that could come at any time, China already has suffered a political setback in world eyes. The Japanese, who joined them in decrying "hegemony" when they signed a treaty with Peking last year, were upset that China was practicing such blatant hegemony of its own. Some American policymakers took grim satisfaction at the ironic spectacle of five Communist countries?the Soviet Union, China...
...Administration's policy of demonetizing gold will receive yet a further setback if, as is expected, eight of the nine members of Europe's Common Market next month begin pooling a portion of their official reserve holdings to create a kind of central bankers' supermoney. The European Currency Unit, or "ecu," is intended to be the precursor to a Common Market currency that would at least partly replace marks, francs, guilders and other national money. Each member nation must contribute not only paper money but also 20% of its gold reserves to the pool that will back...
...last night's decisive 66-50 setback to a talented Boston University squad at Case Center was only the sixth loss in 20 games this season for the women cagers, and (keep your wristbands crossed against Yale next Saturday) might very well be their last of the year...
...victory Saturday night against Penn at the Palestra would be the Quakers' first Ivy League setback this season, and probably send Crimson confidence into the stratosphere...
...real story in Cornell's 4-2 win over the Crimson last evening was the performance of high-scoring sophomore Brock Tredway. Tredway used Nethery's set-ups for three goals in the first two periods and left Harvard with its second straight well-played loss and 13th setback of the season...