Word: setbacks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Dick Harlew's Varsity eleven invaded the Bulldeg's lair way back in November, but the Elis are still smarting from the 7 to 0 setback which the Crimson pinned on them in the rain-drenched Yale Bowl...
...quartet's diminutive first tenor, Brown, has quiet tastes, plays a little cooncan and setback, mostly just "cheers himself with his family." But stocky Bass Bryant, Second Tenor Davis and Baritone David secretly cherish ambitions to be movie stars. All used to be farmers. Last month Tenor Brown saw his first football game. Uncertain how to behave, he noticed that the other spectators all held their mouths open. So he opened his. Accidentally getting too close to a goal post, he got severely bumped, still carries a bruise or two. Says Tenor Brown: "God help a football game...
...Supreme Court this week handed the National Labor Relations Board its first serious setback in litigation, at the same time broadened its already vast powers over U. S. industry. In Consolidated Edison Co. of N. Y. v. NLRB, the Court ruled...
Smarting from the 29 to 24 setback received at the hands of M.I.T. in Hangar Gym, the Feslermen will be out to gain a victory over the strong Huskie quintet. In an effort to insert more height into the lineup, Sam White will get the starting assignment at guard as Captain Lupe Lupien's running mate. Fred Beckel will be moved up to forward, a position which he played last year...
Ambitious Mayor LaGuardia of New York City last week tried to get Senators Norris and La Follette and Governor-reject Murphy of Michigan excited about the setback progressives had suffered, the necessity for rallying their scattered forces. Mr. Murphy, after four hours at the White House with Franklin Roosevelt, declared: "Progressivism can and must go forward, but I believe it must be . . . through the Democratic Party. There is little chance for success through a third party...