Word: setbacks
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...terrible setback for South Korean science and for a nation that has been hoping to become the world leader in therapeutic cloning technology-that is, the idea of using a patient?s own cells to grow replacement parts for failing tissue. And for Hwang himself, who seemed to be leaving other scientists in the dust, things have gone from bad to worse. He?s still insisting that two of the 17 human stem-cell lines he says he created through cloning are legitimate, but the university is looking into those as well-and sifting through his data on Snuppy, which...
...Globodyne, a huge corporation that consolidates media properties. But within 24 hours of his promotion, the company is destroyed in an Enron-type scandal and Dick, along with thousands of other employees, is left in the dust. Dick and Jane believe that this reversal of fortune is a small setback and that things will come around. They don’t. After making many changes to their lifestyle—including turning in their Beemer and pawning off most of their valuables—they suddenly realize their once- luxurious lifestyle is drifting further and further away. Since playing...
...team certainly doesn’t think so. After losing anchor Ashley Banfield to graduation and then rising star Caitlin Cahow for this season in a surprise move to the U.S. National Team, the Crimson is left with only three returning defenders. But rather than being daunted by this setback, the team prefers to look at the upcoming season in a new light. “We’re not looking at it in terms of what we lost,” junior defenseman Lindsay Weaver said. “It’s a new year and anything...
...discussion, the novelist avoids long eye contact and gives the impression of being folded shut in spite of his magnificent posture. The right angles of his silvering haircut and goatee intensify his wide, round eyes, rendering him by turn ingenuous, nervous, or boyishly elated. Externals aside, Hollinghurst suffers another setback: he refuses to keep track of his own credentials. He never re-reads his publications, and by now claims to forget most of “The Swimming Pool Library,” with subsequent novels slipping toward the same oblivion.His own personal story fares better, as he still remembers...
Regardless of this setback, both teams are supportive of each other and are hoping to excel this season. The equestrian team has said it will do financially what...