Holder's calculation is a familiar one for civil-rights advocates in a conservative era: accept a less than desirable status quo or risk a long-term setback from the Supreme Court, which might send Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act to join Sections 4 and 5 in oblivion.
High levels of debt leave companies equally vulnerable in both cases, but society doesn't benefit if companies with long-term prospects cannot survive short-term setbacks.
Despite the setbacks, the long-term trend for U.S. firms overseas is bullish.
The Mets will view yesterday's loss as a short-term setback and a long-term accomplishment because of Martínez's performance.
The president implicitly acknowledged that both are a work in progress, saying that it was going to be a long-term campaign with "periods of progress and setbacks".Right now, setbacks seem to be more evident than progress.
Soon after the 2012 election, which was widely viewed as a setback with long-term implications for the Republican Party, Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, initiated a study that, on publication in early March, became known as the "Autopsy Report".
But now his absence, compounded by a similar recent injury to Martin Keown, means Wenger can only hope that Tony Adams, close to a return after his own long-term injury, suffers no serious setback in the next month.
Across the aviation industry, people are confident that even if the world economy suffers a fresh setback, the long-term trend of strong growth in air travel will reassert itself within a few years, as it always has.Meanwhile, in London.
"Such a scheme would help people regain control of their finances and stop temporary setbacks turning into long-term, devastating debt problems".
In an interview last week, Mr. Walker appeared confident about J. P. Morgan Chase's long-term prospects and frank about its short-term setbacks.
