For Pakistan, it was a decisive defeat, a psychological setback that came from a defeat at the hands of intense rival India.

A severe psychological setback, it was also a major logistical blow to the rebels, who have long used Nicaragua as a safe haven.

It was a mental and psychological setback that came from a defeat at the hands of intense rival India.

The trauma was severe in Pakistan, a psychological setback and emotional breakdown for Pakistan.

Ms. Schisler said Mr. Melendez suffered a major psychological setback several years ago when he was hospitalized after a car accident.

Yet the stock market, which tends to hold onto tradition a bit longer than other markets, is likely to see the rate increases as both a real and psychological setback.

"Being so sick as a child had been a big psychological setback and I needed to find my ethos."

A big psychological setback for Mr. Lawrence during his Braniff career was the payment in 1976 of a civil penalty of $300,000, then a record.

The Gore camp has long contended that any move in that direction would prove a psychological setback.

An addictive personality may be defined as a psychological setback that makes a person more susceptible to addictions.