Word: setbacks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After the first day of competition and Schulman's 7-5, 7-5 setback, Harvard holds third place behind Princeton and the Elis...
Early results show the Crimson linksters starting off decently, despite the snowy meteorological setback of April 10 which has affected every spring team. The team played to a second-place finish in the Greater Boston Championships last Tuesday, highlighted by first and fourth place finishes by Lowenstein and Jim Fearon. Last Thursday they met William and Holy Cross at Williams, then traveled to New Haven for a rescheduled trimeet against Princeton and Yale on Friday. The rest of the weekend promises more pressurized playing time, since Yale is also hosting the Ivy League Championships on its home course...
...illness as a "very serious" stroke and speculated that he would probably step down at a meeting of the Central Committee in May, but high-level U.S. intelligence officials say they have never seen such a document, and have no reason to think Brezhnev has had a serious setback. Saying that he had "no confirmation" that the Soviet leader was ill, President Reagan invited Brezhnev to meet with him in New York City in June. Soviet officials were caught off guard by the ill-timed offer, though they later said that Brezhnev might accept...
...Soviet economic outlook, though, continues to deteriorate. Last week Moscow officials indicated that the disastrous 1981 grain harvest had been worse than previously thought. The setback may force the Soviet Union to increase gold sales to raise cash. The Soviets have already sold roughly 300 tons of the metal to obtain about $3.5 billion. The Kremlin is using the proceeds to pay for food and other imports, and to aid its satellite countries. Meanwhile, Western moneymen, who used to help the Communist world get out of such economic troubles, are on an extended bank holiday...
...Falkland crisis is stark. Given two weeks to forestall bloodshed, the world has thus far failed entirely. The United States must now show its commitment to promoting peace and to upholding international law. If it does not, both international law and morality in diplomacy will have suffered a serious setback...