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Succeeding Kakuei Tanaka in 1974, Miki had earned his colleagues' enmity by demanding a full, open investigation of the Lockheed scandal, even though it meant exposing the corruption of leading L.D.P. members. He was also widely blamed for the party's setback in last month's elections for the Diet's 511-seat lower house, in which L.D.P. strength dropped to 249 representatives-a loss of 16 (TIME, Dec. 20). In order to continue governing, the L.D.P. has had to co-opt a dozen conservative representatives who ran as independents in the election with Liberal Democratic...
...like a burned-out rocket. The rise in real G.N.P. fell to 4.5% in the second quarter, to 3.8% in the third, and is expected to be only about 3% this quarter. Unemployment bottomed out at 7.3% in May and then began rising once more. One measure of the setback: at midyear, economists believed that the jobless rate would fall below 7% by year's end. It now seems unlikely to get that low until a full year later−if then...
Perry also said students today fear that each poor hourly grade or minor setback will bear directly on their chances of fulfilling their career goals...
...RECENT RULING by the California Supreme Court that the preferential admissions policy at the University of California at Davis Medical School is illegal is a serious setback for affirmative action efforts. It threatens both the future of educational opportunities and the freedom of academic institutions from judgements passed by uniformed outsiders...
...measure the government received a stinging setback. At issue was a bill that would allow longshoremen-who belong to the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union, led by Jack Jones, a key supporter of the government's wage-austerity program-the right to handle cargo up to five miles away from British coastal ports. The legislation gives union members a foothold in the unloading of container shipping, which has reduced the need for longshore labor at docksides. The Lords had narrowed the proposed law's application to a half-mile zone around ports. In voting to rescind...