Word: setbacks
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...poor Socialists. They always seem to get into trouble when they move out of the old ideologist neighborhood and associate with Center parties. Even more than Willy Brandt's Socialists in West Germany's recent state elections, Pietro Nenni's Socialist Party suffered a serious setback in the Italian elections...
Inside Attack. Labor's setback also brought out unexpected opposition to Harold Wilson's continuance as Prime Minister. Press Lord Cecil King, head of Britain's largest publishing empire and a Wilson supporter in the last two general elections, demanded that the Prime Minister resign. In a signed frontpage blast in the Daily Mirror, King wrote: "Wilson and his government have lost all credibility, all authority. We are now threatened with the greatest financial crisis in our history. It is not to be removed by lies about our gold-dollar reserves, but only by a fresh start...
CHICAGO, May 8--Senator Eugene J. McCarthy suffered a setback in Tuesday's Ohio primary when the Minnesota Senator's supporters won only three of the ten contested seats on the Ohio Democratic national convention delegation...
McCarthy declared at an Indianapolis news conference this evening that the results were "inconclusive." "I think I made a good showing; I don't see this as a very serious setback," said the Minnesota Senator...
Levin played poorly against Penn and suffered his first singles setback of the season. However, if he bounces back to top form against Goeltz, Levin might upset the volatile Princeton...