The sale was one in a string of setbacks for Pontiac.

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After a string of setbacks, including having his toe amputated, surviving a motorcycle accident and a plane crash, Olympic gold medalist Rulon Gardner is now facing bankruptcy.

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Efforts to hold talks have been hit by a string of setbacks, including the assassination in September of Burhanuddin Rabbani, the head of the peace council, which had been liaising with the militant group.

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Mr Penn was criticised intensely for Mrs Clinton's setbacks, although it was Patti Solis Doyle who was sacked as campaign manager in February amid a string of big victories for Mr Obama.

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