Word: setbacks
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...King of Kings" and Natalie Wood shared dominant dositions in the Lampoon list of "Movie Worsts for 1961." In a tie with "Parrish" for first place in the "ten worst pictures" category, "King of Kings" was also awarded the "Greatest Setback to Christianity Since 'The Robe'" Trophy...
Counting the Votes. Behind Vinson's setback was a fascinating week of political maneuvering. At first, Vinson seemed to have everything well in hand. His Armed Services Committee had voted unanimously-21 Democrats and 16 Republicans-to force the RS-70 issue. Vinson could count on the floor votes of most Democratic Congressmen unless President Kennedy personally intervened -and Kennedy, fearing to offend one of the Congress' most influential members, was reluctant to move. Vinson also thought he would have the support of most Republican Representatives on an issue that could only be embarrassing to a Democratic President...
...fast-moving Chambers, hitherto rated as one of Britain's ablest executives, failure to win over a majority of Courtaulds' stockholders marked a sorry setback. At his own stockholders' meeting last week, he was assailed with cries of "dictatorial" and "little Napoleon." But the businessmen of the City of London had by no means written Chambers off. Unpopular as they were, his tough tactics had won I.C.I, so big a stake in Courtaulds that many Britons believed that Courtaulds' management will ultimately feel obliged to agree to closer ties with I.C.I, in artificial-fiber production...
...gaining since 1960. Even then, while Kennedy was winning the White House, Republicans picked up 21 House seats, two in the Senate and 290 places in state legislatures. Since then, Republicans have run strongly in elections in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Texas and Louisiana, suffering an unexpected setback only in New Jersey's gubernatorial contest. In November 1962, it is mathematically impossible for the G.O.P. to win control of the Senate; even if the party held all 16 G.O.P. seats at stake and took the 21 Democratic ones, the Republicans would still not have a majority...
Prime Minister Nehru righteously castigated Mahendra's behavior as a "setback to democracy." But the leader of the Nepali exiles in Calcutta is not quite as democratic as Nehru might have wished. He is General Subarna Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, a member of Nepal's deposed, autocratic old ruling family. Since last December, under his command, the rebels have mounted dozens of armed attacks on Nepali villages and police posts. Typically, a few score guerrillas will pop out of the jungle, bloodlessly seize a town, run up the Nepali flag with a picture of Subarna, loot the local...