21.   Dealing another setback to affirmative action, a federal judge ruled Tuesday that the use of race in admissions at the University of Michigan law school is unconstitutional.

22.   Earlier in the week, the rebels staged a counterattack against a base near Thandikulam, dealing a setback to the military thrust.

23.   Estate tax repeal supporters were dealt a setback by the Joint Committee on Taxation, which provides Congress with official tax bill estimates.

24.   He was dealt a setback Tuesday when Sauls refused to order immediate manual recounts of disputed ballots in Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties.

25.   He was dealt a setback Tuesday when Circuit Judge N. Sanders Sauls refused to order immediate manual recounts of disputed ballots in Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties.

26.   O.J. Simpson was dealt another setback Thursday when the judge restricted testimony from a blood splatter expert who conducted experiments the defense said would have supported its frame-up theory.

27.   They dealt a setback to a peace process initiated by an accord signed last August that halted an almost six-year-long civil war in Liberia.