Word: setbacks
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...Venezuela continuismo got a more high-minded setback as Congress met to pick a successor to liberal-minded President Eleazar López Contreras. Not only did Dr. López refuse to be a candidate, but he resisted a great deal of pressure to run for a second term and even refused to give his blessing to a candidate to succeed him. Between Ambassador to the U.S. Diógenes Escalante and General Isaias Medina, who resigned as War Minister to push his candidacy, Congress was expected this week to choose the more colorful General. To a people grown...
This year's schedule brings forth some tough opposition. Seven teams are listed including Andover, Milton, Dartmouth, Exeter, M. I. T., St. George's, and Yale. The Yale match on May 17 climaxes the season with the Crimson out to avenge last year's 5 to 4 setback. Cooley and McKenna who led the victorious Yale Freshmen in swamping the Yardling squash team will again be on hand to repeat their performance...
...drop opposition to plant expansion. Major examples of such opposition: the Gano Dunn report (declaring steel capacity adequate); frequent assurances from the railroads that they can handle all the country's transportation needs without additional facilities. In this respect, Henderson's new commission represents a major setback for Director of Priorities E. R. Stettinius Jr., who never publicly questioned the Gano Dunn report, and Transportation Commissioner Ralph Budd, who has consistently soft-pedaled agitation for increased railroad capacity...
...coup d'clat is considered the gravest diplomatic setback Germany has suffered since the war began. Jugoslavia's choice now is said to lie between complete neutrality--if that is possible--and collaboration with Britain. Even Jugoslav neutrality would afford Britain marked advantages
...Germany, a setback in the Balkans would be more than Germany's first outright military defeat in World War II. It would be the turning point...