Word: setback
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Another antiabortion setback...
This was the second recent setback for the pro-life movement. Three weeks ago, a series of Supreme Court rulings solidly supported a woman's right to have an abortion. Said Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon, a leader of the pro-choice forces: "This is the end of any serious effort" by the antiabortion movement. Perhaps, but still to come is legislation pushed by Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina outlawing abortion. This bill faces a Senate filibuster and serious trouble in the House. Even if it passed Congress, it would face problems in the courts. Nonetheless, notes Senator...
...Christian Democratic headquarters, the shock of the setback was compounded by its severity. The party's own polls had forecast a vote of 40% to 41%, and Party Secretary De Mita had confidently predicted at least 37%. When De Mita finally emerged on election night, he was shaken. Said he: "We believe the problems of government now are more difficult, more complex. The vote seems to have expressed a judgment of protest, or condemnation." Around the corner, a block away at the Communists' modern, red stucco headquarters, there were scenes of jubilation. As a youthful crowd...
...Stadium project received another setback this spring, when a Law School student charged that the University had overlooked a federal law requiring that newly-refurbished facilities be made accessible to the handicapped. The University altered its plans to include 30 permanent seats and 65 temporary seats for the disabled, as well as reserved parking spaces and a wheelchair ramp. Contractors started work in March on the alterations, which will cost about...
...setback sent the Crimson home disappointed. But though the seven seniors who led the squad graduate tomorrow without a trip to Omaha under their belts, they will have two Eastern League titles in four years. And the knowledge that they played on a team that wouldn't quit...