Word: setbacks
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...governor, he will also have the prerogative of reviving Old Colony legislation. Despite yesterday's legislative setback, observers still beliove that the University will eventually own the Bennett St. yards...
...Rockefeller Foundation and a famed theorist on international law whose practical experience dates back to the days of the League of Nations, where he assisted crusty old Elihu Root in dealings with the League's Permanent Court of International Justice. Jessup's career suffered a setback during the McCarthy heyday when the Senate, on the strength of a 1951 Internal Security Subcommittee investigation, withheld confirmation of his appointment as a U.S. delegate to the U.N. (Senators objected to his connections with the Red-infiltrated Institute of Pacific Relations and his editing of a 1949 State Department white paper...
...city. Writing in the New York Post last Friday, Max Lerner seemed to sum up the sentiment of many New Yorkers on the religious question: "If the idea of equal access receives a set-back in 1960 for Kennedy as a Catholic, it will also be a setback for every minority group...
Ravenel has had a colorful career. At Bishop England High School in and he won All New England Prep Honors in his year at Exeter. Before coming to Harvard, he played in only one losing game, a 13-6 setback at Bishop England...
...Murchison Jr. and his brother John for control of the Alleghany Corp., the holding company that controls the New York Central and Investors Diversified Services, world's largest group of mutual funds (assets: $3 billion). Murchisons were ousted from I.D.S. board by Alleghany forces, but hope to reverse setback by taking over Alleghany in which they control a potential 20% of the outstanding common stock...