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She did not address her gun control advocacy, which encountered a setback last month when the Senate blocked background check legislation.

When they encounter a setback, or when their health begins to decline, they find themselves without support.

The group encountered a setback in mid-October, when either the Harvard Campus Police or the Harvard grounds crew discovered the wires and removed the entire apparatus from the ground.

One Danish case allegedly involved some 50,000 songs; Denmark has seen a whopping 50% decline in sales of CDs over the past four years.However, this latest legal attack has already encountered a setback.

OTTAWA, Sept. 17 — Canada's Conservative government captured a seat in a generally separatist region of Quebec during one of three special elections on Monday, while the opposition Liberals encountered a setback in Montreal.

ROBERT, La. — The latest effort to contain the oil spill that has poured millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico encountered a setback 5,000 feet underwater, officials said Saturday, meaning oil will continue gushing into the ocean for at least several more days, and possibly months.

A-list diaspora actors re-enact the anti-English "wankers" scene from Trainspotting, but an attempt to "repatriate" Glasgow-born Carol Ann Duffy as another star of the ceremony encounters a setback as the Queen refuses to relinquish her, triggering a constitutional crisis.

A push by New York City's public hospital system to save tens of millions of dollars by replacing its nearly 850-member police force with private security guards encountered a setback recently when the city discovered that the winning bidder failed to tell the Health and Hospitals Corporation about a series of sexual harassment complaints against it.

While the removal of the ventilator, at 12 25 p.m., was viewed as a significant step in Mr. Corzine's recovery, he is still listed in critical but stable condition, and doctors cautioned that the breathing tube could again be used if the governor encountered a setback.

Blair encounters a setback during her interview at Yale by revealing the recent stress in her life, and then kissing her interviewer on the cheek upon dismissal.

If the day should come when someone with a fixed mindset decides to workout in front of others, it may not last long if they encounter a setback or if someone (like a personal trainer) draws attention to the fact they aren't performing an exercise correctly.

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