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It would have been thrilling to go to the post-launch party today with the thing actually in the air. But as far as the project goes, this is not even a minor setback.

Leslie Young

I almost feel it was inevitable. It's unfortunate, yes, its disappointing, and another setback.

Marty Carlson

This is a real setback.

Silke Stegemann

Turnovers were our biggest setback. We never got into any half-court rhythm.

Anna Spear

It's pretty frustrating because you get an off week and you're trying to get ready for this SEC stretch and have a setback.

Stephen Ross

Unfortunately, this setback cost us a little bit of work. There's still some stuff around the bag he has to get more comfortable with. During the season, it gets a lot easier to work. We'll do more work as the season goes on.

Dale Sveum

Selling pressure was broad as the market extended its current modest setback to three days.

Al Goldman

A no-vote (in Congress) would be a major setback to the modernization and globalization of the Chinese economy.

Shawn Xu

Economically, this is a very big setback and we will have to work hard to compensate for the loss in the years to come. It is a big loss to the economy.

Joaquim Chissano

It is very frustrating, but I keep plugging along, ... I take it day by day. . . . It shouldn't be that long of an injury, I just had a little setback in the game. It just pushed me back a little bit. Every day is a little better.

Nate Jackson

This regional jet flying issue is so crucial to our careers that any negotiated agreement that would lose any of that flying would be a significant setback for our pilots.

Wade Blaufuss

It was more of an emotional than actual setback. I'd been coaching there about two-and-a-half years, and all these girls have grown up there. We're doing good and all like the new gym.

Ashley Elliott

It could be her first large setback but let's wait and see.

Gerd Langguth

Since there are no (divestment) targets, there is no quantitative impact on any setback to divestment process though it surely sends a signal that reforms continue to be sluggish as ever.

Abheek Barua

That was quite a setback, but the team as a whole came back and put the time in that was necessary in January and February and here we are today.

Shawn Jordan

I was really pleased that we showed the right attitude to come back from that early setback and then go on and win the game. This is a fine result because we have beaten a very strong side here.

Giuseppe Papadopulo

I don't think it needs to be a setback.

Rep. Cleon Turner

Coach called this our first conference game. We didn't want another setback like we had against Old Dominion after [beating] Wake Forest.

Sammy Mejia

But I really want to thank everyone who has assisted. I am really grateful and I would just put this setback behind me and hope that financially things would improve in the future.

Sheena Gooding

Jason played one of his best games of the year. Last year's setback was this year's conquest. He hit fairways, greens, putted well. He made his first putt on hole one, and that got him going.

Brandon Burks

Given the New York market's setback on geopolitical concerns, the market here may wipe off half or more of the gains it saw yesterday.

Katsuhiko Kodama

The decision to acquit on the conspiracy charge, a felony, is a huge victory, given the narrow parameters within which the four could present their defense, and given the restrictions on deliberations. This is a major setback in the government's efforts to criminalize dissent.

Bill Quigley

It is a setback to a lot of farmers, ... but farmers in Mississippi are very resilient. They'll be back.

Patrick Sullivan

Its a setback, but they have a good, balanced attack, ... It was a mismatch; I don't think there was any doubt about it. We weren't physically in a position (to win).

Ken Hatfield

I had a little setback with my hip flexor.

Alexander Mogilny

It is part of the railroad business. But it is a setback. We are usually running seven days a week out of Fort Bragg now.

Wendy Squires

People who make money often make mistakes, and even have major setbacks, but they believe they will eventually prosper, and they see every setback as a lesson to be applied in their move towards success.

Jerry Gillies

Acceptance of the charter won't open any magic doors, but it would demonstrate that the government won't be moved by violence. If it fails, it will be a setback.

Jonathan Lindley

The defensive back has the shortest memory on the field. People are going to make some plays and you're out there on an island so, the percentages are against you. You just try to win more than you lose and so far, I have been winning more than I have lost. It's a minor setback. I'm back focused and back on my game. I feel good right now and I feel like I'm going to make some plays this week.

William Fields

We ended last year with a major victory and begin this year with a major setback.

Clint Bolick

After completing a strong first quarter, we are very disappointed with the product transition setback that we announced on April 19.

Gary Johnson

Koizumi will not change his tune because he doesn't want to face a major political setback, but this is exactly the kind of attitude that will hurt his leadership because more LDP politicians will distance themselves from him.

Minoru Morita

I don't look at this as a setback. There are often hiccups in coalition politics so we sit down and talk to resolve them.

Ambika Soni

Counting hatchery fish the same as wild fish not only does not pass scientific muster, it would be a huge setback to efforts of citizens across the Northwest and California who are really trying to recover salmon.

Amy Kober

It's just been setback after setback. I'm hoping that's the last one and I'm good to go now.

Matt Welsh

It was feeling pretty good before the game on Friday, ... It wasn't feeling 100 percent, but it was feeling pretty good. Then I tweaked it a little bit during the game and that set it back a little bit. That's where we are now. I suffered a setback.

Nate Jackson

We have done so in the past. As long as the economy remains vibrant, (one company's setback) won't bring the economy to its knees.

Steve Hine

Of course I'm very disappointed, but I see this as a temporary setback.

Michelle Kwan

It's another setback for Duquesne athletics.

Montel Staples

Every such killing represents a major setback to the peace process, and every retaliatory death plays into the hands of those whose interests do not lie in the restoration of peace.

Philip Alston

We started the season with a little setback because we had to have two seniors move to the setter position where they haven't ever played. I know I have the hitters that I can use to run some plays and we're just now getting the confidence in the setters.

Victoria Gonzales

Over the next few months there is going to have to be evidence that justifies the hope that we're seeing for a rebound in the early months of 2002. If that does not emerge in the first few months of 2002, then the market's vulnerable to another setback.

Todd Salamone

There has been a setback and the problem is not between us and New Delhi. It is between the separatists and New Delhi and has to be addressed collectively by New Delhi and the separatists.

Omar Abdullah

He's a very technical wrestler. He knows where he is on the mat at all times. He goes from move, to move, to move. He had a minor setback here. But for the future I see him being a state champion. I have high expectations for him.

Al Gaccione

It suggests that the industrial production setback reported for June is unlikely to last and that production geared up the very next month.

Chris Rupkey

You don't want to rush a 19-year-old kid, have failure and then have a setback.

Sid Monge

This is a shocking setback. We need to know what on earth is going on.

Bob Blackman

This is a setback not only to the media, but to the gains made by ordinary Kenyans. This is draconian, it is as if we have returned to the Middle Ages.

Uhuru Kenyatta

It's not a setback. Truly this project, as it's currently planned, is one of the largest in this particular area, and without question, the Plan Commission does not have adequate information to make a decision.

Lynn Gray

Low turnout was a definite setback.

Ahmad Nader Nadery

The second quarter was obviously a setback. But they seem to be headed overall in the right direction in terms of getting their costs in line.

Jim Milliot

(A setback) could be a surprise on the conversion charge -- that's the largest issue tomorrow.

Selwyn Jones

That was a big play against us, but compared to the game our offence had and Kevin had, it was one setback in an otherwise strong performance.

Jim Daley

We don't view this as any kind of setback. We knew that there were some concerns about the proposal.

Cindy Davidsmeyer

Of course I'm very disappointed, but I see this as a temporary setback. I intend to follow the doctor's orders, get well and be back competing as soon as possible.

Michelle Kwan

I think in the next week or two, we may get a little pullback or reaction, maybe a 3 or 4 percent setback from the recent highs on the averages, just to digest the last phase of gains before we move higher in March and April.

Richard Mccabe

The setback is not enough on Mechanic Street. We have the opportunity here to make this more amenable to pedestrians.

Louis Dimento

The knee injury was a setback because he missed pitching time, but skill-wise it was not a setback.

Chris Cassidy

Notwithstanding [the Apple setback], we believe the pace of innovation behind our new technologies is accelerating.

Gary Johnson

It is a significant setback in terms of the whole process of making peace having to start again.

Ludeki Chweya

It's tough not to be able to play a home game or practice outside, but we're staying focused. It's a setback, but it's something we can't control, so we're just trying to maintain our focus and be ready for when we do play.

Steve Head

I feel heavy pressure. I don't think the setback will influence me at home, but I hope I can ignore the home crowd and purely focus on the game.

Ding Junhui

Living things have been doing just that for a long, long time. Through every kind of disaster and setback and catastrophe. We are survivors.

Robert Fulghum

Prospects are gloomy politically especially with tensions in the opposition MDC party which have dealt a setback in a force that was capable of confronting the government.

Bill Saidi

It's another massive setback for the lad. He's had terrible luck but hopefully his recovery will go according to plan and he'll be back sooner rather than later.

David Hodgson

That was a real setback. We are the losers of this round.

Mirko Slomka

It is a shame there was such a setback there.

Wayne Mason

We have suffered neither a landslide nor a disaster, but a setback.

Hugh Gaitskell

It's somewhat of a setback. I doubt she'll have time to [do any negotiating] now that she's been promoted.

Carl Grenier

I know Michele, and her brother, Mike [a member of Goldey's golf and basketball teams], is one of my good friends. She has a lot of homework to do, but I know the team will respond to her. I think she's going to be a great coach. We have to learn from this setback.

Clare Phillips

I really struggle with it. I had come a long way and made it back. To have a setback ... you're always hopeful that it won't happen.

Gary Joe Kinne

It definitely was a setback, but you've got to play through whatever happens. I was out of practice for like a week-and-a-half. I got out of shape in that week-and-a-half. It's just a lot of little things.

Lewis Monroe

In the long term this is going to be a setback for the market ... It is likely to gradually lessen trade by individual investors.

Tatsuyuki Kawasaki

It would have been a slap in the face and a setback for our gasping cinema and for the Biennale organizers. An honorable course was taken.

Natalia Aspesi

It's devastating. It's a setback to us. There's a lot of pride that goes into building these homes. Each contractor has a sense of value toward the house, so there's a pride instilled in what they do. It's devastating to that.

Mark Welch

There is reason to believe that her death was a setback for his health. It was probably the last straw.

Hans Knoetze

If the union loses on this one, ... it may not be a watershed comparable to the air traffic controllers strike in 1982, but it would be a big setback.

David Olson

I don't think there's likely to be much of a setback here. We could see some consolidation, but I don't see any reason for a sustained decline.

Phil Roth

A give-up script. They would give up about any very small setback, not just a hurricane. The give-up script gives them an excuse to give up. They really don't like competing and working hard to accomplish their objective.

James Elliott

This is a real setback, coming just in the moment when things were starting to go so well.

Luciano Figueroa

Last year, I had to rehab it for two or three months. So when [I injured the finger again], I had that timetable in my mind. But the doctor said it was just a minor setback.

Justin Speier

It was a setback for competition against cable and for consumers who want a choice of video providers.

Kerry Hibbs

It definitely affects us. Jermaine plays a major part of what we're trying to do offensively, and in establishing our identity as a team. So definitely it's a setback. But we have a lot of guys, so we expect guys to step up.

Joe Becerra

I think that the most important effect of this legal setback for (MP3.com) is that they might have to capitulate and play ball in a way that they haven't been willing to in the past.

Aram Sinnreich

This is going to be a huge setback.

Diane Winston

They've had a strategic setback. Their old growth model seems to have fallen by the wayside because life science has fallen by the wayside. They haven't come up with a great strategy.

William Young

Katrina is a major setback for Bush - back to square one. It's a setback for the Republicans as long as Bush is the face of the party. And, at least until 2008, he is the party.

Charles Cook

Every time he gets in a position to compete for playing time, he gets a setback none of which he can control. We need to get him back healthy. There's plenty of time for him. We need to get him out there and see what he's capable of doing.

Bryan Stinespring

Despite this decades-long setback, America's fascination with lottery games would continue, as would the desire of states to find alternative methods of funding critical and worthy programs without raising taxes.

Jim Scroggins

That's why it is so frustrating. This injury is obviously a setback to me, I would have a hard time arguing that, but right now I feel like (the competition with Murray is) wide open.

Clint Stoerner

We've been playing better with each succeeding game, but this game was a bit of a setback. I'm going to have a conversation with them about how we crossed less than 50 percent of our average, how we weren't working the alleys and how we weren't going really aggressive to the ball. If you don't do those things, then the result is inevitable. You are going to lose.

Larry Slason

Tomorrow's payrolls numbers will dictate whether this setback lasts longer than today.

Rupert Thompson

In the end, for a seasoned professional [the delayed testimony] won't be outcome determinate. The bigger setback was getting the judge's gander up so that the judge will scrutinize more carefully other issues based on the disclosure issues here.

Jim Walden

I thought our team showed a lot of character in coming back so strongly after the setback in the second match. We had decided to keep up the run-rate and bat them out of the match.

Mahela Jayawardene

That was really a setback.

David Pearson

They're telling me I need to have a 25 foot setback and there's no room for that.

John Base

A one-year ban on any bowler is a big setback and he would be disappointed. But he has been a vital player for us and we will continue to support him and talk to him about his future.

Abbas Zaidi

We're continuing to move forward. The idea of the setback of time is not really an issue. I had a couple of other coaches in mind and I visited with them over the weekend.

Tommy Alexander

It was a setback. But you go on. I am just glad who we have here. I am just glad as heck. Things work out in funny ways.

Tim Bald

It was a major military camp in the north, and the fact that it is no more ours, I will make no bones about it, is a major military setback.

Lakshman Kadirgamar

Spurred by the broader setback in the technology sector.

Paul Bard

Tonight is not a setback. It's just a learning experience.

Aaron Rodgers

It is a grave setback to the peace process. Restarting (the peace process) will be seriously undermined.

Jayantha Dhanapala

It's an incredible setback for public education.

Sen Hob Bryan

To be without Phil for such a length of time is a major setback, but he is a strong character and I am sure he will come back from this.

Rep. Rob Andrews

It's a tough decision that we have to make, and it's a tough sacrifice that we have to make, but they will be compensated for their property. But if we are going to restore the levee to a condition we are comfortable with, then we have to do this setback.

Benny Rousselle

I have to furnish the setback and I don't like that.

Steve Armstrong

I think this (setback) will make us a tougher team.

Ethan Dschaak

This is a setback. We're returning to classical approaches against unemployment and youth unemployment.

Emmanuel Riviere