Word: setback
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...Nations General Assembly vote on a resolution denouncing the Soviet invasion and calling for "the immediate, unconditional and total withdrawal of the foreign troops from Afghanistan." By the overwhelming ratio of 104 to 18 (with 30 either abstaining or absent), the resolution passed, handing Moscow its most serious U.N. setback since the 1956 condemnation of the Soviet invasion of Hungary. Dozens of Third World states that have long followed the Moscow line almost automatically on international affairs last week went on record against the U.S.S.R. Commented a senior West German official in Bonn: "That's the advantage of Afghanistan...
...virtual annexation of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union represents not only a strategic setback for the U.S. but a potential political liability for Jimmy Carter as well. TIME Diplomatic Correspondent Strobe Talbott examines the historical background of the crisis...
...Commerce presented their views on an embargo. Then the President confided that he was leaning toward that drastic move, but wanted to postpone a final decision until Friday so that he could, as he said, "sleep on it." Later, Carter's aides concluded that the danger of a political setback in Iowa would be offset by the image the President would project: a tough leader willing to put national security needs above the "parochial" farm interest. After Carter's TV address, an aide described the gram cutoff and accompanying measures as "the strongest action taken by the U.S. against...
White's 16 points overall and Wally Rutecki's six steals topped a balanced attack against the Bruins in which six players scored eight or more points. The J.V. has not lost in official competition so far this year. Its only setback came at the hands of the Harvard Classics...
Fortunately for the icemen, only one of the losses may come back to haunt them. That setback occurred at the then-still-intact Bright Hockey Center on December 15, when Ivy and ECAC Division I rival Dartmouth jumped out to an early 3-0 lead and coasted to a 5-2 victory...