Word: setbacks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...squad this season has even come close to downing the Yalies, who boast shutouts in five of their eight battles. To make matters on paper even worse, the same Army team that handed the Crimson its only setback of the campaign, bowed to the Bulldogs...
...Dewey, the pollsters' choice, knew he had to get out in front at the ballot box as well. Any early setback in the GOPresidential sweepstakes might well prove fatal. Last week, on the heels of Harold Stassen's departure, the Dewey machine rumbled into New Hampshire under a full head of steam, aiming for the nation's first presidential primary on March...
After 35 minutes of play, it became evident that Holy Cross was in for setback No.2 from its fellow Jesuits. Frisky St. Louis U., with a 23-point lead, calmly took out its regulars and began filling in with subs. Even the subs were hot shots. Before the game ended, nearly everybody on the Billikens' bench got a chance to play, and Holy Cross went down with a crash, 61 to 46. St. Louis U., which hadn't had an athletic team of any kind to cheer about since 1906,* had quietly developed one of the best college...
...Wallace group has no popular base of support and practically no support from organized labor. Its entrance into the political scene is a major setback to the chances of achieving peace...
...another war will wipe everybody off the face of the earth," mused Nobel Physicist Arthur H. Compton, with scientific caution. "That's pretty extreme. And it won't destroy civilization -there'll be some pieces left. But it will be an enormous setback. We'll have to start all over, from 'way back...