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The loss of the rights, which BSkyB, a satellite broadcaster, had shared with the terrestrial broadcaster ITV, was a clear setback for both companies.

But the step was a clear setback for Toyota, which built its brand with help from the magazine's high ratings for its small cars.

While the ruling was a clear setback for the prosecution, some legal experts believe that it may also in a broader sense help strengthen the tribunal's image as an independent and fair court.

Dr. Lerner, a former teacher and deputy schools superintendent in the Bronx, has close ties to the teachers' union, and her defeat was also a clear setback for the union.

But while Mr. Rubio has charisma, and Mr. Paul has the advantage of running in a state in which President Obama is very unpopular, neither of those advantages would hold for someone like Ms. O'Donnell, whose nomination would represent a clear setback for Republican chances of taking over the Senate.

The first-round results were a clear setback for Renzi, who has staked his political future on a referendum in October over a contested constitutional reform, which is aimed at bringing stability to politics and end Italy's tradition of revolving-door governments.

"We believe [PEC 65] is a clear setback to the fundamental right to the environment," Carneiro says.

For Zuckerman, by reinvigorating inter-war hyperbole about the powers of bombing to induce crippling fear in the civilian population, the 'misuse' of the Hull survey represented a clear setback in his campaign to use science to slay myth.

"The court's decision represents a major setback for federal efforts to establish clear mercury regulations for coal-fired power plants," Dan Riedinger of the Edison Electric Institute, a utility trade group, said in a statement.

The boycott lasted a year and was a major setback for polio eradication.

It was clear at the time that this would prove a big setback for Intel's wearable dreams.