Word: setbacks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Flemming noted a 4.4 per cent decline in enrollment for engineering courses, calling the drop a "serious setback in a field of education vital to our national security in a period of technological change." He pointed out a corresponding drop of 11 per cent in freshman enrollments...
...replaced by Joe Kuharich, 41, a Notre Dame alumnus, professional lineman and coach of the none-too-successful Washington Redskins. The decision outraged many a Notre Dame supporter. Snapped the Catholic and Record, weekly organ of the Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis: "The firing of Terry Brennan is a setback for the priests and laymen who are trying to remake the public image of Notre Dame from football factory to first class university. How will they ease the suspicion that a lot of Notre Dame supporters-including some wealthy donors-don't care whether classes are held or not, just...
...dislike of ceremony and his wish to "concentrate his energies on dealing with questions of the direction of policy" were the apparent reasons for his stepping down as chairman of the nation. Nonetheless, he had suffered a severe setback. The man who fancies himself the greatest living Communist theoretician was retreating from his boast of achieving true Communism ("To each according to his need") ahead of Russia, which had a 30-year head start and is still far from achieving it. Retreating from its great leap forward, the Central Party's resolution used the words gradual and gradually...
Betancourt's victory was a stunning setback for Venezuela's Communists, who backed non-Communist Admiral Larrazábal. With a wild barrage of slogans and Red banners, they whipped the party faithful and fellow travelers into line in Caracas, helped him win a 5-to-1 victory in the capital. But the loud Red noise apparently scared many rightist supporters of Caldera, a certain also-ran, into voting for anti-Communist Rómulo Betancourt as the best conservative choice...
...least half a dozen good Men Who. But The Man Who might also be Two-Time Loser Adlai Stevenson, with ardent disciples spotted across the U.S. and feared by more active hopefuls as a strong deadlock possibility. The Man Who could be Soapy Williams, who, despite his 1958 setback, has an organization aborning and appears ready to make a now-or-never try. It could be Estes Kefauver, even though he suffered almost irreparable damage by failing to live up to his vote-getting reputation as the vice-presidential nominee in 1956. It could be one of the 21 other...