His day started on a gloomy note, when a Florida court issued him a setback.
Facebook has issued a statement in response to the ruling that looks like it will continue to work on ways of growing its service, despite this obvious setback.
And Mr. Vance's aides moved aggressively to combat the impression that they had suffered a major setback, issuing a statement that ignored the officers' acquittal on rape charges and trumpeting the far-less-serious misdemeanor convictions.
"Whether it's work or family issues or a setback healthwise, they say, 'I am going to do it.
The ruling, issued late Monday, is a setback for Bank of America, which has been trying to rid itself of numerous legal claims from investors who bought mortgage securities issued by the bank's Countrywide Financial and Merrill Lynch units.
The decision, reversing a Supreme Court ruling issued earlier this month, is a setback for the teachers' union and several nonprofit groups that have been pushing the class-size referendum.
It seemed clear that the package would embrace those issues as well as disarmament, a setback for the Ulster Unionists, whose delegation noticeably left the hotel before the concluding news conference.
The moves were a setback on detention issues that have created tension between the countries, and on years of international efforts to promote humane treatment of prisoners.
Although the Dow Jones Industrial Average escaped largely unscathed, a setback for technology issues would have a profound impact on the whole market.
In a 10-3 rulast week week, the 4th Circuit issued perhaps the biggest setback to the White House when a full panel of its judges refused to lift a nationwide injunction that halted key aspects of the revised ban.
