Word: setbacks
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...Nehru's death is undoubtedly a setback to peace. His policy of nonalignment showed to the world that the friend of the U.S. need not be the enemy of the U.S.S.R., and vice versa. The world may have to wait for a long time before another Nehru appears on the world scene...
...Rossi picked up his ninth win of the year at Yale against one setback. The lefthanded senior limited the Blue to two hits until the seventh inning, when the Elis scored all their runs on doubles by John Hunsaker and Rich Semish, followed by errors by Del Rossi and Bob St. George...
...however, Chávez is a pioneer modernist who seldom lets a setback take him by surprise. He believes that a new work must mature in the minds of maestro, musicians and public. His patience has often been rewarded. In 1928 he became the founder and conductor of Mexico's first major symphony orchestra. Giving free concerts, he taught his musically illiterate audiences the wonders of Bach, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Schoenberg and Chávez. His own early compositions, such as the brilliant, flavorful Sinfonia India, in which indigenous folk tunes were distilled with impressive originality, earned him a reputation...
Despite the setback in Oklahoma, right-to-work proposals stand a good chance of becoming law before year's end in Idaho and Montana, both of which border on states with similar laws. They will also come up in Vermont, but the Northeast has a tradition of cold-shouldering such measures. Strong right-to-work movements are underway in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Oregon and Kentucky, and in New Mexico right-to-work forces are trying to elect state legislators who favor their cause in order to pass a rights law next year...
...Middies' pitchers have been taking their lumpes this year, though, with losses to Penn and Dartmouth and a shocking 14-5 setback at Yale last Saturday...