Word: setbacks
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Bajin defeated Brown's Heather Young 6-4, 6-3, at No. 1 singles. Following Bajin, Broughton won easily, beating Olivia Wong 6-3, 6-0. The Crimson suffered a setback at No. 3 singles, as Brown's Irene Adsuar narrowly edged Ghazal in a grueling match...
...message has not been heard clearly enough by Djukanovic, or else he calculated that if the majority of Montenegrins want independence and Belgrade accepts this, the West would have no choice. Of course, Belgrade is not keen to see Montenegro break away. And these election results are really a setback for Djukanovic, because he wanted a much larger margin of victory for the pro-independence parties. The bottom line is that these elections have not solved anything: Montenegro as a nation is very divided, and the elections have simply cemented those divisions...
TIME.com: The Beijing talks ended only with an agreement to keep on talking. Is this a setback...
...first serious setback to the Crimson's Ivy title chances came in the first game against the Lions, when Columbia's Allison Buehler and Whitton engaged in a pitcher's duel. Harvard took an early lead when sophomore catcher Monica Montijo doubled in Watanabe, who had stolen second...
...personnel spent 11 days as unwilling "guests" of Beijing after being bumped in international airspace by a Chinese fighter. The crew may have destroyed many of the plane's most vital secrets, but its loss (though it may yet come back in Ziploc bags) was still a setback, and the military had little option but to sit on its hands while the diplomats crafted a humble not-quite-apology when the Pentagon was more inclined to believe the Chinese ought to be apologizing...