Word: setbacks
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...utterly unbelievable. Over the course of the Spring schedule, Radcliffe lost only one race, by a scant one-second margin to Princeton, during the early part of the season. But from there on, the 'Cliffe amassed an incredible succession of victories. The varsity eight even vindicated the sole setback of the season, humbling Princeton by a substantial margin in taking the Eastern Women's Sprint title...
...setback, the defense was frustrated in its efforts to have a mistrial declared. Two FBI agents with an attache case full of electronic gear had been discovered poised over telephone circuits next door to the defense attorneys' conference room. The defense claimed the agents were bugging their lines. Judge Winston Arnow, a tough, conservative Lyndon Johnson appointee, who has shown little patience with either defense or prosecution tactics, ruled last week there had been no bugging. When the Gainesville case goes to the jury it will face a decision not unfamiliar in conspiracy trials: Was the strange plot planned...
...significant upset to Prime Minister Edward Heath and his government, whose parliamentary majority is now down to 15. As in the other by-election losses, the Tories seemed to be hurt most by Britain's floundering economy and spiraling inflation. But the by-elections were equally a setback to Labor Leader Harold Wilson and his party. Labor not only failed to pick up dissatisfied Tory supporters, it even lost some of its own. Labor's problem, it appears, is that the party is so racked by internal squabbling and irresolute leadership that it often seems...
Connally had come aboard a dangerously listing ship with the expectation of helping to save it, only to find out the captain did not want his kind of help. Now Connally is abandoning it with less of a reputation than when he boarded. His presidential aspirations have suffered a setback, but he plans to rebuild by campaigning for Republican candidates in 1974. From now on, he will have to search for power in corridors outside the White House...
Internal dissension seems to be on a definite upswing among the USU ranks. And on the field the situation gets worse and worse. Now that his pocket has broken down, Whittier is being harried more intensely than ever. And he is scrambling for his life. A setback like this could not only scuttle the season, but it could ruin his career as well. With each new play, the ends and tackles close in a little more on the U.S. Quarterback. And it seems only a matter of time before he will be sacked behind his own line...