Word: setbacks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...suspension of peace talks was quickly followed by another setback. Last Monday, by a vote of 51 to 43, the U.S. Senate rejected a proposal for $200 million in emergency aid to the Philippines. The naysayers, primarily Republicans, cited budgetary constraints and concerns about the future of two American military bases in the Philippines whose leases expire in 1991. The House of Representatives had approved a $200 million aid package just five hours after Aquino electrified Congress with a stirring address. But Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole argued, "There were no hearings in the House. It was just a knee...
...must now rebuild a crippled opposition. The Socialists suffered a major setback in July, when Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone's ruling Liberal Democrats won a historic 59% of the seats in the lower house of the Diet. For his part, Nakasone seemed to relish the prospect of facing a female Socialist leader. Said he: "I am a feminist, so I would treat her very nicely...
...graying hair no longer meticulously styled. Only a starched white pocket handkerchief, practically a Gotti trademark, hinted of better days as the alleged head of the Gambino crime family. While attorneys painstakingly questioned prospective jurors, whose names were kept secret for their protection, Gotti suffered another setback: U.S. District Judge Eugene Nickerson ruled that during the trial, the boss could not eat lunch in the courtroom with his attorneys but would have to return to the basement jail for tuna or ham sandwiches. "Judge," said the obviously annoyed Gotti, "why don't we just...
...bars new U.S. investment in South Africa, bans new bank loans and ends landing rights for South African Airways. The Senate sanctions stopped short of the bill voted last June by the House, which called for a comprehensive trade embargo and total U.S. disinvestment. But it was a serious setback for the Reagan Administration's policy of avoiding major sanctions in favor of "constructive engagement." Once the two houses reconcile their differences, Reagan will either have to bow to congressional pressure or be forced to use his veto...
Rehnquist's credibility sustained one setback when he acknowledged that his lawyer had indeed sent him a letter in 1974 informing him that the deed to his Vermont house barred its transfer to members "of the Hebrew race." "I did not recall the letter or its contents," said the Justice, "before I testified last week...