The earthquake last week in eastern Nepal is likely to deal a serious setback to the country's economic development, according to officials here.

And it appears to have dealt a political setback to conservatives, fairly or not.

But the strike may have already dealt a setback.

But the next day, the case for cold fusion was dealt a severe setback.

Now the hard right has been dealt a setback.

The loss of this veteran dealt a setback to this case.

The potential for more utility industry takeovers was dealt at least a temporary setback last week.

It was the second time in three months that regulators dealt a setback to Imperial's plans.

"Have we really managed to deal a serious setback to the enemy's artificial wormhole?"

The banking industry's effort to enter the securities industry has been dealt a setback by the market's decline.