Word: setbacks
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...Summers suffered a further setback this summer as Conrad K. Harper, the only black member of Harvard’s top governing board, stepped down from the Corporation, saying he “could no longer support” the president. But Summers declined to address the issue yesterday...
...first 250 meters, a strong crosswind kicked up that combined with a nasty tail-current to knock Schwingg out of its lane and into the crew to its right.Forced to stop and restart, the pair came in fourth, and missed out on a trip to the finals.Despite the setback, Traps and Artiste made another trip, into the hearts of the competitors and spectators at the regatta. —Staff writer J. Patrick Coyne can be reached at coyne@fas.harvard.edu...
...setback ended No. 15 Harvard’s Division I-AA-leading win streak at 13 games, with the last defeat coming at home against Penn in 2003. It also brought the Crimson’s season turnover total to 10—nine more than Harvard (2-1, 1-0 Ivy) had after three games a year...
...production companies. Rain almost managed to score a track on rapper Lil' Kim's latest album?but the plan fell apart after Kim was convicted of perjury and had to start serving a jail term, according to Jimmy Jeong, an executive at Rain's management company. Just a minor setback, says Jeong: "We're targeting the global market. Rain's too big for Asia...
...larger question may not be the fate of Discovery but that of the whole fleet. After 2 years and $1 billion spent on safety upgrades designed to prevent just such a setback, how could things go so wrong again? Can a program that has already claimed the lives of 14 astronauts ever be safe? And what does any of that say about the Bush Administration's dream of sending crews to the moon and Mars...