Still, while the state may be feeling a psychological loss, the change has not been the economic blow that many leaders feared.

The loss of the festival would have been an economic blow to the area in the best of times.

And an economic blow is of more consequence than a lost battle!

The Iraq war could prove an especially harsh economic blow.

These losses and those due to hurricanes were important economic blows to trade when they occurred.

But, he added, that would not constitute a serious economic blow.

Japan has been hit before by economic blows, most notably the energy crises of the 1970's.

But it has been closed indefinitely, in part because of the economic blow felt here after the Sept. 11 attacks.

The terrorist attacks nearly two months ago delivered a further economic blow.

That would be a greater economic blow to Florida than any hurricane disaster the state has previously endured.