Despite these setbacks, Moms Demand action, which recently teamed up with former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns, has clearly struck a nerve -- both with gun opponents and with people who might support gun rights, but don't think they should be extended to allowing armed people to brandish large weapons wherever they choose.
Online, as in the real world, any victory claimed by international trafficking police is usually followed by a setback as the demand for drugs keeps the supply chain kicking along.
Mr. Moon, dean of international studies at Seoul's prestigious Yonsei University, called the North Korean demand "a setback for President Kim Dae Jung" even though he said that the reclusive North Korean's leader's meeting with Russia seemed to make it more likely that Kim Jong Il will pay a return visit to Seoul, as promised last year in Pyongyang.
But the ruling by the country's highest court on Monday to overturn the genocide conviction of the former dictator, Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt, is a serious setback in the effort to demand accountability for those terrifying years and move the country toward reconciliation.
In the past few weeks, Mr. Bloomberg has suffered several setbacks, been forced to modify signature demands and backed down from high-profile fights.
Any potential pullback in Chinese demand would be a major setback for exporters, which include commodity companies like Alcoa.
The company later failed because of a lack of demand for its products, a setback that taught Mr. Kotick a lesson.
The retreat is a startling setback for Beijing, which rarely yields to popular demand.
The retreat by Tung Chee-hwa, the chief executive, is a startling setback for Beijing, which rarely yields to popular demand.
The building owners also view the unions as politically vulnerable to demands for concessions, in light of setbacks for public-sector unions in Ohio, Wisconsin and elsewhere.
