Word: setbacks
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...Even though he did not run for any office, George Wallace suffered a setback at the polls and in his own home county. In the race for Alabama's Second District seat, he put much of his prestige behind a little-known Democrat named Ben Reeves, the district attorney of Harbour County. His motive was not just neighborliness: Reeves, 36, argues his cases before George's brother, Judge Jack Wallace, and is married to Wallace's cousin. But Wallace's efforts could not overcome the advantages of incumbency, and Republican Congressman William Dickinson, 47, kept his seat...
Harvard's loss to Penn last Saturday may prove more than just a temporary setback in the Ivy Race. If the injuries that Harvard sustained don't clear up rapidly, Harvard's title chances will be severity hampered...
...female medical student planning to be a gynecologist, I was distressed by your "Self-Service Setback" article [Oct. 16]. The tone implied that all gynecologists are men, which is not the case. Gynecology, as well as other formerly male-dominated specialties, has benefited from the recently augmented number of female M.D.s...
Cornell, Ivy League co-champions a year ago, has picked up right where it left off a year ago, impressively winning its first three contents without a setback. The Big Red crushed Colgate, 37-7, stomped Rutgers, 36-22, and, last week, humbled Ivy League rival Penn...
...despite the Supreme Court's decisions this summer on newsmen's sources. Popkin seemed to indicate that he saw a reasonable chance that he could obtain a stay from the court, have his case heard, and even come out on top. Calling the Appeals Court order "neither a setback nor a go-ahead." Popkin said: "What they said shouldn't be seen as a plus or a minus: it's just that I have to face the problem again after a few months of peace...