Word: setback
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only setback came at the hands of BU's Barber, who overpowered Schulman, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5). Using a crisp serve and a strong net game. Barber spoiled Schulman's late rally...
...West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The renewed bloodshed in Lebanon, as President Reagan noted last week, proves the urgent need for a broad agreement. Unless all parties quickly acknowledge that need, however, the week's multiple tragedies could prove not merely a severe short-term setback to the tortuous search for peace in the Middle East but a long-term setback as well. -By George J. Church...
Although most board members continued to stick to earlier growth forecasts of about 3% during the fourth quarter, all agreed that any such recovery would be vulnerable to the slightest setback. Said Heller: "The strength of the recovery, in a word, will be lousy." Rimmer de Vries, chief international economist for Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., doubted whether the economy had bottomed out at all. Said he: "I think we have not got to the end yet. I do not think recovery will really come until...
...more experienced Witkowski will face an untested Harvard secondary tomorrow at Soldiers Field, hoping to reverse last year's 23-6 setback to the Crimson...
...I.O.R.'s letters of patronage seemed to help Calvi, at least temporarily. But in the end even this ploy failed. When Calvi asked the I.O.R. to renew the letters, which expired in June 1982, Marcinkus turned him down. Another setback soon followed. After the Bank of Italy demanded that Ambrosiano account for its huge foreign lending, the bank's directors overruled Calvi and agreed to cooperate...