Word: setbacks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There were a few exceptions, notably in New Jersey, where Republican Governor Alfred Driscoll rode back into office over the crumbling remains of Hague empire. But few Republicans could share Governor Tom Dewey's strange conclusion that the New York election "is a setback and not a gain" for the Fair Deal...
...teams go into today's finale with identical season records. Yale has beaten Dartmouth (18-13) and lost to Brown (22-0) and Princeton (45-0). Harvard also stopped the Indians (6-0) and bowed to Brown (27-6). The other Crimson setback was inflicted by Army...
...climax game came in 1931, when Albie Booth, who had been beaten by Harvard in the two previous years, finally gained revenge when he dropkicked a 22-yard field goal with only three minutes left to play to win for Yale, 3 to 0. It was Harvard's only setback of the season and the Crimson last a golden opportunity to win the eastern championship for the first time since...
Winthrop House handed Dunster their seventh straight setback by a 32-0 count in the other afternoon game...
...reached its alltime high mark of 381.17. In the same week that Adams Express, an investment trust, split its stock 10-for-1, the stock jumped 100 points. As October came there was a series of severe shakeouts. But few took them as a warning. Smart operators thought a setback was only a golden chance to buy for the big new rise acoming...