Word: setbacks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...election was a very sharp setback for the Labor Party, a powerful comeback for the Conservatives. In 1945 Labor had won 61% of the House of Commons; last week it won only a shade more than 50%. With 313 seats needed for an absolute majority, Labor had 315, the Conservatives 296, the Liberals 9, independents 3. The Speaker is considered a neutral, and one district will elect later...
...election was held during a period of unprecedented full employment and rising real wages (both partly sustained by U.S. aid). These conditions would be expected to help the party in power. That Labor suffered an undeniable setback in these circumstances indicates grave British doubts about the long-range -aspects of the Labor program. ¶ Labor almost held its own in the big cities. The Tories have made no appreciable headway among industrial workers. The increased Tory vote in rural and semi-rural areas resulted from better Tory vote-getting organization. With near-success, this improved organization can be expected...
...unexpected setback of the afternoon came in the second place battle, when Harvard's Hugh Nawn lost his first match in three years of intercollegiate competition. Ed Chandler, playing number two for the first time as a result of a shakeup in the Yale lineup, defeated Nawn in straight gamse...
...hundred graduate students will make the Graduate Center their home in September unless construction suffers a serios unforeseen set-setback, term end reports predict...
...hundred graduate students will make the Graduate Center their home in September unless construction suffers a series unforeseen set setback, term end reports predict...