Word: setbacks
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...Florida and Georgia, which was a setback to Georgia's ambition for a southern championship...
Michigan comes here at the top of its stride, flushed with victory, at full strength and confident of administering a clean-cut setback to the Crimson. The advantage of two weeks rest has enabled many players, who were injured in the Conference games, to fully recuperate for this game for which Michigan has been pointing all season...
...Reichstag rejected Communist and Fascist motions censuring the Government. Next by a vote of 325 to 237 Herr Brüning was given a free hand with his budget-balancing program which involves a new $125,000,000 foreign loan (TIME, Oct. 13). Then came a setback. Amid extremist whoops the Reichstag voted 395 to 147 an amnesty to all political prisoners who have not actually attacked a member of the Government...
...years. From time to time he has knuckled under to the U. S. Lawn Tennis Association, but never has an individual player or official flouted his prestige. Last week at Forest Hills, L. I., during the national men's singles championship matches he suffered more than one setback...
...Harvard nine has changed greatly since Penn walked away with the game at Soldiers Field. The infield has improved considerably although the batting suffered a setback when Sondheim, the Brown twirler held the Crimson hitters to five safe hits...