It surely has not escaped the attention of the Islamic State's senior leadership that airpower has been involved in some of their highest profile setbacks.
Two recent high-profile setbacks also suggested that Mr. Towns might have been vulnerable.
Lawyers for victims of phone-hacking have accused the CPS of "losing the will to live" and of abandoning its prosecutions against journalists after high-profile setbacks.
Aside from the high-profile setbacks, Onex has been a consistent success since Mr. Schwartz set it up 16 years ago with a mere $2 million.
As Mr. Bloomberg's third term draws to a close, his assertion of sweeping mayoral power has suffered a series of high-profile setbacks, miring several of his marquee initiatives in litigation and raising questions about the wisdom of his administration's peremptory approach.
Wins over world champions like Devon Alexander, Marcos Maidana, Zab Judah, Andriy Kotelnik and Paulie Malignaggi have pushed him to the fringe of the Hall of Fame discussion, but the high-profile setbacks – a tactically inept knockout loss to Danny Garcia and 54-second destruction at the hands of Breidis Prescott – have often subverted his ascent at the worst possible times.
Michael Ovitz, once Hollywood's mightiest kingmaker, is looking to sell or merge his talent management company after a series of high-profile setbacks.
LeEco may have had some high-profile setbacks in recent weeks, with news coming from the company that it had overextended itself financially in some areas, but the Chinese electronics maker and service provider is still doing ambitious things in retail, starting with a new flagship store it opened at its Beijing headquarters earlier this year.
LeEco's arrival in the U.S. was announced last year with an extravagant event that flaunted its extremely wide lineup of products including a video and music streaming, TVs, smartphones, VR headsets, bicycles, and an electric car, but it's already hit several embarrassing high-profile setbacks.
Strub said that one reason he might is that he's suffered some high-profile setbacks on the domestic front.
