It suffered its first setback through the dissociation of that republic from the newly born League of Nations which that president had labored to create.
A setback like this had only a stimulating effect on his spirit.
The setback of the rebellion was tremendous, but years of thrift had left White River Farm independent of a single year's crops.
It was a severe setbackfor British influence in Central Asia.
A diplomatic setback pregnant with future trouble was the dismissal of Lord Amherst, the British Ambassador at Pekin, for refusing to kow-tow to the Emperor of China.
In 1985 it suffered a setback with the closure of some facilities in the bauxite and alumina industry, a major source of hard currency earnings.
In September 1988, Hurricane Gilbert inflicted severe damage on crops and the electric power system, a sharp but temporary setback to the economy.
I will give you something to joke about other than a little setback like this!
An unexpected setbackhere or resistance there, but progress, nevertheless.
The unfortunate crisis in Persia may hold up, for a time, their services in Africa, and he hopes you will do all you can to offset this most unfortunate setback to their work.
On the other hand, any severe setback to Germany in the realization of its aggressive plans would strengthen the domestic opposition and might lead to a severe internal crisis.
Ignorant of this fact he approached the walls carelessly, supposing that his friends controlled affairs, and suffered a setback by a sudden sortie made against him.
Consequently the economy has shown little progress in recent years in overcoming a severe setback brought on by civil war in the late 1980s.
The economy, and especially the tourism sector, suffered a setback in late 1995 due to the effects of Hurricane Luis in September.
Small quantities struck the setback at the floor level and spattered over the wall below--that of the second-story room.
The section shows that the original walls were not so thick as the present ones, and that there was formerly a slight setback in the wall of 2½ or 3 inches at the level of the present bench, reducing the thickness of the wall by that amount.
The walls are over 2 feet thick in the first story, diminishing at the roof level by a step or setback to the ordinary thickness of about a foot.
While this was going on, money sent ahead by Gabinius caused by its very presence a setback to his interests though he was not only absent but not even on his way home.
Finally, as no setback occurred, they took up their abode on the land, disposing of whatever men they did not kill, and of the spoils they took quite fearlessly, as if in their own territory.
Ambiorix won the confidence of the Treveri, who at this time were still smarting under the setback of Indutiomarus's death, raised a greater conspiracy in that quarter, and sent for a mercenary force from the Celtae.
There is no setback in the northern wall at the first floor level, though there is a very slight one in the southern wall; none appears in the eastern and western walls.
Yet in the second roof level there is a double setback of 9 and 5 inches in the western wall, and the northern wall has a setback of 9 inches, and the top of the wall still shows the position of nearly all the roof timbers.
These blocks occupy the whole thickness of the setback at the second roof level--perhaps an indication that the upper story was added after the building was occupied.
There is usually a setback in the wall at the floor level, but this practice was not followed in all the rooms.
The Germans had not only been checked in the Buzau and the Predeal Passes, but they had suffered a genuine setback there, being forced to retire.
In spite of this setback Attila did not abandon the hope of conquest.
The short reign of Mary Tudor, daughter of Catherine of Aragon, was marked by a temporary setbackto the Protestant cause.
After the setback at Tidborough he was to have spent all his holidays at home.
We're only so grieved, your mother and I, that you should have had such a setback so early.
It probably was this political setback that persuaded him to quit the Kyoto vicinity in 1243 and move to the provinces, where he could teach in peace.
He could double and triple his power if he only realized how superficial the average setback really is.
We are going to start all over again after our setback and we are not going to wait any longer than it takes to bury the dead.
I'll prance in an' render that lay an' his hoarseness won't prove no setback to the gaiety of nations.
The combs were broken which gave the bees a setback from which they did not recover.
If put immediately onto a diet of skim-milk, indigestion is likely to result, and the calf gets a setbackfrom which it may never recover.
But the reform process suffered a major setback following the Gulf war of early 1991.
Undoubtedly, many seized upon the distinction between "internal-external" as a principle they could accept in the midst of a serious setback and failure.
The setback received by the credit of the Republic by reason of the defaulted Hartmont bonds made further bond issues impossible for a number of years.
The temporary setback of 1909 was caused by the partial failure of the cacao crop and the paralyzation of commerce in anticipation of lower tariff rates.
When the elections of 1897 recorded a severe setback for the party the progressives were told to keep the eyes of faith on the "ultimate goal" of Socialism.
The Osborne judgment has been a serious setback to the party, especially in local elections.
Antony after his unexpected setback took refuge in his fleet and prepared to have a combat on the water, or in any case to sail to Spain.
As it was, after accomplishing nothing at the first assault he began to be alarmed lest while he was delaying he should receive some setback from Caesar and the rest; so he again turned against them.
To make up for their setback in the race to the sea, the German High Command decided on a strenuous effort to break through the Allies' front at Ypres.
