Word: setbacks
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...safety” schools—there’s no such thing as a “safety” press. For a young academic whose chances at tenure depend on having books published by reputable presses, a snub from Sisler can prove a crippling career setback...
...early success militiamen have had in temporarily sidetracking the march to Baghdad?is chipping away at the aura of American military invincibility. It has happened before, in Somalia in 1993 for example, but never was there this level of round-the-clock coverage of each roadblock and minor setback. And never before were there networks that tailored their broadcasts as platforms for American righteousness (Fox News Channel, most bombastically) or the U.S.'s tactical and moral fallibility (al-Jazeera and al-Arabia...
...setback posed by the fighting in Basra may be more political than military. U.S. frontline forces had bypassed Basra and swung north for Baghdad, leaving the British to take possession of a city where coalition commanders had hoped they would be welcomed. After all, the predominantly Shiite population of Iraq's third largest city had led the 1991 revolt against Saddam, and a whole Iraqi division deployed to defend it had surrendered. The spectacle of coalition forces being welcomed without a fight would certainly have helped PR efforts to counter mounting Arab and Muslim hostility to the war. Instead, resistance...
...sprain is another minor setback in what has already been a challenging adjustment for Klimkiewicz, who missed his senior season at BB&N with a torn ACL sustained during football season. The freshman had also been working to make the transition from the shortstop position he played in high school...
However, her literacy aspirations suffered a serious setback when she arrived in Cambridge...