Word: setbacks
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...belated switch away from voluntarism toward executive action is a welcome start in curbing consumption. The question is whether the Government's efforts are timely and tough enough to give the nation at least an even chance of getting through the winter without a severe economic setback and widespread personal hardship...
...lead to a resolution of the impasse with Israel; it did not. Last year, after the Soviet Union failed to give him the offensive weapons he wanted, he expelled some 17,000 Soviet advisers-reportedly on the advice of Saudi Arabia's King Feisal, who reasoned that this setback for the Soviet Union would lead the U.S. to pressure the Israelis into making a compromise on the occupied territories...
...without pretense that the 1967 setback was an exception in our history. I came out of the ranks of these forces and have lived their traditions. [Their] record was magnificent, but our enemies-old and new imperialism and world Zionism-tried to [besmirch] this record so as to make the nation doubt its shield and its sword...
...Dayan during our second trip of the week to Sinai. On the first visit, it was already clear that the Israeli army had recovered from its initial setback. There was a constant movement of men and equipment along the vast network of roads crisscrossing the central Sinai region. Israeli rear bases were jammed with trucks, tires, earth-moving equipment, ammunition and tank vans. Soldiers were bivouacked along the road, with masses of armored cars, artillery, antiaircraft guns and tanks near by. The Israeli logistics system was obviously working well. The soldiers were eating fresh meat, fruit and vegetables. They even...
Last week Smith, 74, suffered his greatest setback. In a move that rekindled memories of the bank crashes of the Depression, the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency declared insolvent the U.S. National Bank of San Diego (assets: $1.2 billion), which Smith has controlled for 40 years. The collapse-the biggest in U.S. banking history-will not affect the funds of depositors, but it threatens to wipe out the investments of several major holders of U.S. National stock. Smith is the largest of these, with 28% of the 2,000,000 shares...