Word: setbacks
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...sudden viral surge has been a setback for Chen's administration. Until last week, politicians had been patting themselves on the back for keeping the disease largely at bay. Officials were only too happy to compare their handling of the outbreak with the situation in mainland China, where authoritarian bureaucrats initially tried to cover up the existence of the disease, only to see the number of infections explode?mistakes that cost the mainland's top health official and the mayor of Beijing their jobs. "Because we had avoided what happened in Hong Kong and China we thought we had avoided...
...Nowinski was not ready to abandon his aspirations on account of one setback...
...commission’s decision—which will be reviewed at a May 27 hearing—is a setback for the Undergraduate Council, which last year celebrated the extension of hours at non-alcoholic parties in House common spaces...
After reclaiming the Case Cup with victories over No. 9 Yale and No. 13 Virginia Saturday on the Charles, the No. 3 Radcliffe heavyweight crew suffered its first setback of the year against No. 8 Brown on Sunday morning...
Despite the setback on Sunday, Radcliffe had a great deal of positives over the weekend...