Word: setbacks
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...Friday, in the first phase of the finals. Tatrallyay surged to eight more wins, despite a losing streak in which he dropped three consecutive 5-4 decisions. Unfazed by the temporary setback. Tatrallyay came back to finish the day's action in fifth place...
...Americans, including a good many Floridians, who share none of Wallace's residual racism but do keenly feel the sense of alienation from the system that his little-man populism plays to. That note was sounded by George McGovern: "No matter how we slice it, today was a setback for those who believe deeply in the cause of human rights. But I cannot accept the fact that the 40% of the vote that went to George Wallace was a racist vote. Many people voted for Wallace to register their protest against the way things...
...victory speech with what sounded like the grumblings of a man wary of being mugged from behind. "The one sensation that I feel most of all almost every day," he said, "is a twitching between my shoulder blades." That twitching will become more pronounced if he suffers another primary setback this week in Florida, where a very poor showing could deal him a serious blow...
...however, Harvard suffered a serious setback when Carl Biello lost a controversial 5-3 decision. The Crimson freshman led 3-2 in the closing moments despite a questionable stalling penalty. But Biello stopped wrestling once when he thought he was off the mat, and the Yale wrestler grabbed one leg and was awarded a two-point take-down as the whistle blew...
...loss in Harvard's final meet of the year dropped the Crimson's record to 6-3 and was the most lopsided and disappointing setback for coach Don Gambril and his squad. Yale's dominance in the meet was clear-cut all afternoon as it took firsts in 10 of 13 events, and 1-2 sweeps in five of those races. The mounting score left the Crimson with little to cheer about...