Word: setbacks
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...Setback for a struggling Swede
...boost sales, but his efforts have resulted so far in little more than wheel spinning. Plans to build an assembly plant in the U.S. and to merge with archcompetitor Saab-Scania have both had to be given up for one reason or another. Last week Gyllenhammar got his biggest setback yet; opposition by Volvo shareholders forced him to scrap a plan to sell 40% of the company to the Norwegian government and a group of private investors in return for $225 million in cash and some potentially lucrative exploration and drilling rights in the North...
Northeastern suffered another setback when its high scoring star, Joy Esper (12 points) injured herself when she fell in an attempt to steal the ball...
...when the troubles in Iran threaten to plunge the entire region into turmoil. With the Shah's crown slipping and Sadat's peace initiative stalling, the moderate Arab camp is becoming increasingly vulnerable to attacks from radicals. A defeat of the Middle East's moderates would be a monumental setback for Western interests...
...Communists," brought him along with his new family. Three other young children stayed behind with their mother, Bui's first wife. Bui's own mother and a brother who teaches school in Saigon also refused to leave. Once in the U.S., Dr. Bui encountered only one major setback. The first time he tried, he failed his national licensing exam. But after taking a three-month review with emphasis on reading English, he passed in December 1977 with the highest grade given that session in the state of Arkansas...