But disillusionment set in with almost simultaneous Federal victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg (July 1863).
But then asymmetric war set in, with Baghdad, Mozul, Basra, and other cities the sites of conflict.
Along with a drop in his own popularity, weariness has set in, with exhausted Greeks complaining of being sucked into a vote they never wanted.
John Ashworth, a church adviser who has lived in South Sudan for nearly three decades, says disillusionment might have set in with the international community but not in the minds of the people.
But perhaps too many lackluster performances in close games have set in with voters, because Ohio State is only No. 8 in the A.P. poll and No. 7 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll.
In the television business the grim reality of the writers' strike has set in, with the prospect of a long shutdown of scripted shows growing stronger by the day.
After so many grand predictions have been made about the world-changing potential of Twitter and Facebook, the backlash has set in, with pundits now questioning whether the web is all it's cracked up to be.
Hyperinflation has set in, with this year's inflation rate projected to hit 13,000percentt.
Reality eventually set in, with the stock settling up around 3percentt in extended trading.
Has it been the drift that has set in, with little or no major legislation passed to solve Italy's chronic problems with healthcare, pensions and labour reforms?
