Word: setbacks
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...ineffective and inconsistent years in office, Megawati has started to look more like Mini-wati in the eyes of the disillusioned masses, who are voicing their disappointment at the ballot box. Members of her Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (known by its Indonesian acronym PDIP), suffered a surprise setback earlier this month in the parliamentary election. PDIP lost its status as the legislature's largest party, garnering about 20% of the vote, down from 33% in 1999, and its candidates were ignominiously outpolled by those from Suharto's old party, Golongan Karya (Golkar). "I wanted Megawati to be President because...
Losing yesterday’s first contest to the Bears (15-18, 8-4) was a setback for the Crimson, but the erosion of a 5-0 lead and a two-out, bottom-of-the-seventh grand slam from Brown’s Courtney Jenkins in game two hammered home the proverbial nail in the coffin...
With the loss, Harvard suffered its fifth setback of the year. Yesterday, Cornell swept Penn and finished its Ivy schedule with a 10-4 mark, thereby knocking out all teams with five losses. Brown also has only four losses, and will host a doubleheader against Yale next weekend...
...loss of Robert Shenton was a major setback,” Bethell said. “Rick Hunt thought he couldn’t finish the project on his own, so he invited me to pick up some of the research.” Although Bethell was still working at The American Scholar, he said he realized his friend sorely needed the help...
...Mains, the squad's leading hitter with a .368 average, is also the number one hurler with 4 wins against one setback. He has come a long way since the opening game with Wentworth, which he blew because of lack of control in throwing to the plate and the bases...