Word: setback
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After Andy McNeritey pulled off a superior decision over Cornell Co-Captain Marty Heslin by scoring a near fall in the final moments of the 142-lb, competition, the Crimson suffered its first serious setback of the day when Cornell's Pat Watch pianed Harvard's First Campbell at the 3:44 mark of the next match...
...committee spent its first year sending out feelers to established curators and directors, but suffered an unexpected setback last spring, when President Bok abruptly cancelled plans for the Fogg's long-awaited new wing, citing a variety of financial considerations...
...PULSE OF DETROIT weakened perceptibly two weeks ago. The latest setback for this sickly city immersed in a battle for survival was not another round of massive layoffs, or overcrowding in its burgeoning soup kitchens. Rather, the outlook grew bleaker because the 101-year old downtown mainstay J.L. Hudson's department store went out of business...
...unsold goods, especially cars. That puts business in a position to raise production sharply and rehire workers once final sales turn up, as auto sales already have. Housing starts last year, at 1,061,000, were the fewest since 1946. But the monthly rate, even after a December setback, has jumped 43% from its October 1981 low. Further increases are likely because of a sharp drop in mortgage interest rates that also was the primary force pushing down consumer prices in December. Personal income last year rose only 6.4%, the puniest increase in 19 years. Still, that was above...
City fathers regard their current problems as a temporary setback and are banking on Wichita's diversified aircraft industry to ignite a new takeoff. Beech Aircraft, Cessna and Gates Learjet serve the general aviation market, while production at Boeing, the city's largest employer, is 55% defense related. Boeing and Beech reportedly plan to hire 8,000 more employees over the next few years. Unlike many other Midwest cities, Wichita may need no major economic retooling. Says Jerry Mallot, a Chamber of Commerce official: "Much of our industry is in the high-tech area...