Word: setbacks
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...Friday night, Union continued its decline, suffering its first ECAC setback of the season, 3-2, at Princeton...
...This was a decisive setback for the Gore team - but it wasn't necessarily fatal. Five minutes after the opinion was read, Boies had positioned himself outside the courtroom, promising an appeal and shaking a verbal fist in Sauls' direction. "This ruling comes without the judge having reviewed one ballot," he said indignantly. "We have said from the beginning of all this that we believe citizens have a right to see their votes counted," he proclaimed...
...distaste for its large steel presence. Demolition prevented "Stinger"'s installation the day before it was supposed to go up. On May 25, unidentified vandals smashed the cement mount supports for the piece, forcing Tucker to send it back to its Jersey warehouse via crane. The vandalism's $8000 setback is just the tip of the contention iceberg. Tucker has received hate mail, plus a threat from a woman who says she will throw herself in front of the bulldozer if the university continues with construction. At the request of residents and State Representative Martin Walsh (D-Dorchester), the dramatic...
...loss of the title was not the last setback for the tight-knit Crimson...
...William Jaffray, who lent his name to the trial, will seek to battle on. They are emboldened by the recent entry into force of the European Convention on Human Rights, which they claim allows Lloyd's to be sued for negligence in lieu of fraud. "It's a severe setback for the Names," Jaffray said after the trial, "but it in no way exonerates Lloyd's. Nobody reading the judgment will be able to trust or do business with Lloyd's again...