Word: setbacks
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After a toast from his loyal subjects at a Lancashire County council luncheon, King George VI gave them a reassuring response: "I appreciate the way in which you have drunk my health. I am sorry that it underwent a temporary setback last month [a deep cold], but I can assure you that it is now entirely worthy of your confidence...
Yale undergraduates who last fall were toying with the idea of installing an honor system for their exams took a setback this week so severe that the examination system came close to replacing Derby Day as a major topic of conversation among the Elis...
Dartmouth's hockey team upset Brown, Pentagonal League leader, 4 to 3 tonight. The setback may lessen Brown's chances of being chosen as a New England representative to the N.C.A.A. Tournament in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Selections for the tournament will be announced Thursday...
...freshman match, Crimson captain Chick Chandler suffered his only setback of the season. He was decisioned by Downey's brother, Bill, 6-1. Oakleigh Thorne (123), Frank Lombardi (130) and George Bates (unlimited) gained Harvard's points. Jack Pollard and Phil Waring were decisioned; Myles Cunningham and Dick Mortimer were pinned...
...Pickett's varsity wrestlers returned from New York last night with their third setback of the season, a somewhat surprising 17 to 11 defeat at the hands of Columbia. The match was held in the Lions' University Hall...