1. When they receive a setback, they assume that it was engineered by some set of enemies, probably the Anglo-Saxons. 2. Berlusconi received a setback Saturday when the small but important Popular Party voted against a pact with the media magnate. 3. Randall and her publishing company, Houghton Mifflin, received another setback Wednesday when a federal appeals court in Atlanta refused to grant a motion for an expedited appeal. 4. The case against Anwar received a setback when two men convicted of allowing him to sodomize them appealed their convictions to the High Court. 5. The effort to recruit moderate Republicans to oppose Attorney General-designate John Ashcroft received a setback Thursday when he was endorsed by Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. 6. The visitors received a setback before play when star batsman Sachin Tendulkar was ruled out because of an injured shoulder. 7. They receive another setback when the administration authorizes a visa to President Fidel Castro to travel to the United Nations. 8. U.S. efforts to extend a cease-fire due to expire on Sunday and to nudge the Serbs into peace talks with Muslims and Croats received another setback over the weekend. 9. U.S. efforts to extend a cease-fire due to expire Sunday and to nudge the Serbs into peace talks with Muslims and Croats received another setback at the weekend. 10. And Hoddle could receive further setbacks as he is still waiting for further medical bulletins on three more key players. |