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The Secretary of State has also solemnly repeated a warning to the Soviet Union that the United States will not stand for another setback in Berlin, an affirmation once again taken up by the council as a whole.
The big, 22-year-old shortstop, the 1960 American league `` rookie-of-the-year '', flew here late this afternoon from Baltimore, signed his contract for an estimated $15,000 and was a spectator at tonight's 5-to-3 loss to Kansas City -- the winless Birds' sixth setback in a row.
Andronikos III's attempt to make up for this setback by annexing Bulgarian Thrace failed in 1332, when he was defeated by the new Bulgarian Emperor Ivan Alexander at Rousokastron.
A major setback was caused by the German Navy introducing the four-rotor Enigma used for communicating with U-boats.
Despite this setback, Baresi refused to give up his dream and tried out for the Milan youth team, where he was accepted.
Despite the almost insurmountable setback, Parsons, Harris, and the other musicians decided to continue with plans for a fall tour.
For the Construction of RN7 Canada Pledge US $ 75 and IDB US $ 31 Million for the construction of the road which started in 2009 ; it did suffer major setback because of the earthquake also.
Reasons for the setback of the ruling party, which has retained power since the nation declared independence in 1957, are the rising inflation, crime and ethnic tensions.
During the 1970s, the economic situation in Maldives suffered a setback when the Sri Lankan market for Maldives ' main export of dried fish collapsed.
The Battle of Lepanto in 1571 ( which was triggered by the Ottoman capture of Venetian-controlled Cyprus in 1570 ) was another major setback for Ottoman naval supremacy in the Mediterranean Sea, despite the fact that an equally large Ottoman fleet was built in a short time and Tunisia was recovered from Spain in 1574.
In a 5 July communique, FARC itself blamed rebels Cesar and Enrique for the escape of the captives and acknowledged the event as a setback but reiterated their willingness to reach future humanitarian agreements.
Like Healey and Crosland, he had been a close friend of Hugh Gaitskell and for them Gaitskell's death and the elevation of Harold Wilson as Labour Party leader was a setback.
As for employment, a longtime weakness of the Spanish economy, after having completed large improvements over the second half of the 1990s and during the 2000s ( decade ), which put a few regions on the brink of full employment, Spain suffered a severe setback from October 2008, when it saw its unemployment rate surging to 1996 levels.
The serial Horror of Fang Rock, set during the early 20th century, hinted that the Sontarans had gained the upper hand, but this proved merely a temporary setback for the Rutans ; " The Poison Sky ", set during the early 21st century, hinted that the Rutans were winning at that point.
Then, in their 17 – 13 loss to the Bills, New York suffered a major setback when starting quarterback Phil Simms went down for the season with a broken bone in his foot.
However, the Bills quest for a third consecutive Super Bowl suffered a major setback when they lost the final game of the season to the Houston Oilers.
* 424 BC: The Spartan general Brasidas captures Amphipolis, which is a setback for Athens.
Despite this setback ( whose victims later created numerous doubts and psychological strife in Mazzini ), he organized another uprising for the following year.
King's efforts in Chicago were largely unsuccessful, and his failure in Chicago was a serious setback for the Civil Rights Movement.
On October 2, 2009, in a stunning and embarrassing setback for the mayor, Chicago was the first of four finalists to be eliminated during selection ceremonies in Copenhagen.
After the events of Poznań June, they successfully backed the candidature of Władysław Gomułka for First Secretary of party, thus imposing a major setback upon Natolinians.
According to Bernard Lewis, " The Arab historians, if they mention this engagement Battle of Tours at all, present it as a minor skirmish ," and Gustave von Grunebaum writes: " This setback may have been important from the European point of view, but for Muslims at the time, who saw no master plan imperilled thereby, it had no further significance.
The Battle of Narva proved a grave setback for Peter the Great, but the shift of Charles XII's army to the Polish-Saxon threat soon afterwards, instead of pursuing Peter, provided the latter with an opportunity to recover and gain ground in the Baltic provinces.

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Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya has ten seats in the Catalan Parliament, suffering a dramatic setback after the Catalan parliamentary election of 2010, and one seat in the Balearic Parliament.
The election result was a clear win for Labour, this constituency being one of only three that Labour gained in the 2010 election, and represented a major setback for Respect ( which thereby lost its only seat in Parliament ).
In elections that followed on May 23, 1997, Lewis and the UWP suffered a huge setback, losing all but one of their seats in Parliament, forcing him to resign in favor of the leader of the Saint Lucia Labour Party, Dr. Kenny Anthony.

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One setback was the lack of wagons in summer 1980, which resulted in Woodham's keeping the workforce employed by the scrapping of BR Standard Class 9F No. 92085, and GWR 5101 class No. 4156 ; on return from the summer holiday, more steel former coal wagons had been delivered which meant these were the last locomotives scrapped at Woodhams.
Dryburgh being one of many establishments who sought the generosity of the Galloway lords got a further setback in 1234 when Alan, the last of the line of Galloway lords, died.
Tekker has meanwhile fled to the Borad, and blames the setback on the last remaining loyal Counsellor, Kendron, whom the Borad executes.
Despite the setback, the team progressed to the semi-final where they lost to Australia ; it was his last match for the West Indies.
In mid-October, construction reached the tower's first ' setback ' - the ' 3 storey village ' construction over, and the last 50 m of the building to be constructed, forming the top of the tower, followed by the spire to top out the building.
Unfortunately, he suffers a setback when, during his last address to the student body, he decides to ad lib a mention of The Great Pumpkin.
Unfazed by this setback, Corliss courts the last remaining Kingship daughter, Marion.

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Apollo succeeded despite the major setback of a 1967 Apollo 1 cabin fire that killed the entire crew during a pre-launch test.
He reformed Austria's armies to adopt the nation at arms principle ; in 1809, he went into the War of the Fifth Coalition with confidence and inflicted Napoleon's first major setback at Aspern-Essling, before suffering a defeat at the bloody Battle of Wagram.
Then a major setback hit the growing business: World War II was well underway and the Canadian government issued wartime rationing regulations.
Charles X had succeeded Louis XVIII in 1824, but in 1827 his party suffered a major electoral setback and by 1830 the opposition liberal party became the majority.
After this major setback, he set sail again on 13 December, aboard Pelican, with four other ships and 164 men.
The first was that of Jesse Gelsinger in 1999, which represented a major setback in the field.
The hurricane of 2008 was a major setback since many bridges in multiple areas was either Collapse or suffers extensive damage ; was in immediate need of repair.
In the 2006 season, Spacey suffered a major setback with a production of Arthur Miller's Resurrection Blues, directed by Robert Altman.
This apparent progress in relations suffered a major setback when, in 1959, Nehru accommodated the Tibetan religious leader at the time, the 14th Dalai Lama, who fled Lhasa after a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule.
However, although he remained subject to periods of setback, he eventually recovered sufficiently to write the major works of his later career.
The cause of electoral fusion suffered a major setback in 1997, when the U. S. Supreme Court decided by 6-3 in Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party that fusion is not a constitutionally protected civil right.
The group suffered a major setback in a crackdown in 1992 when much of its leadership was neutralized through incarceration.
With slavery abolished, the former slave trader suffered a major financial setback.
Egyptian power in Canaan thus suffered a major setback when the Hittites ( or Hatti ) advanced into Syria in the reign of Amenhotep III, and became even more threatening in that of his successor, displacing the Amorites and prompting a resumption of Semitic migration.
After this setback, a major humiliation for Macmillan's foreign policy, Heath was not a contender for the party leadership on Macmillan's retirement in October 1963.
This was the second major setback the outpost had suffered, and followed severe storms and flooding that had damaged Mission buildings and ruined crops earlier in the year.
France did not as a result receive the promised Nice and Savoy, but Austria did keep Venetia, a major setback for the Piedmontese, in no small part because the treaty had been prepared without their knowledge.
The successful operation against Yassin constitutes a significant blow to a central pillar of the Hamas terrorist organization, and a major setback to its terrorist infrastructure.

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