Word: setbacks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...also may have done some long-range good. Along with others. Chamber of Commerce's Schmidt pointed out that the postwar economy has averaged a recession, or at least a leveling in growth, every 30 months. But the steel strike was itself a recession; therefore, the normal setback that might have been expected has been delayed, and business should be good well into...
With persistent gains by fullback Bob Wederbrand, the Lowell House Bellboys rolled up four victories against one setback and three ties to rank third in the league...
...weeks ago, the Crimson lost to Princeton, 1-0, and its Ivy hopes plummeted. But Penn tied the Bulldogs that Saturday, and the Tigers handed the Elis their first Ivy setback a week later. Thus, the two teams head into today's encounter with Harvard in the lead by half a game. The Crimson must tie Yale to secure...
...Gaulle's triumph was one in the eye for Harold Macmillan, who, in the heat of the recent British election campaign, airily proclaimed that the summit date would be set "within a few days." It was a setback for Ike, who had publicly expressed (as had Khrushchev) a preference for a summit before the end of this year. The quarrel over dates reflected a deeper difference among the Western allies: a disagreement over what summit talks could and should be expected to achieve...
...truly amazing performance he put on. Relegated by the experts to the role of a lame duck at the beginning of the year, he was acclaimed for his leadership at the end. Aside from a minor defeat on his second veto of the Pork Barrel Bill, the only setback to his energetic leadership was the Senate's rejection of Admiral Strauss as Secretary of Commerce. Indeed, so successful was his defense of a balanced budget, that several Democrats vied with Republicans for the dubious honor of credit for appropriating less than Eisenhower requested...