"They tend to have fewer resources," he said, adding that this divide contributed to a long-term problem of low minority representation in the ranks of the media industry.
Since 1988, in response to a long-term problem of unemployment in France, people with little or no income have been able to benefit from a special government subsidy known as the social minimum (revenu minimum d'insertion).
Mr Steck said the conflict was the symptom of a long-term problem of "cultures", but did not elaborate.
Hiding together, first in the woods and then in a thatched fishing lodge, the men turned into a long-term problem for the neighboring communities of Villeret and Le Catelet.
Chronic teacher shortages in science, therefore, create a long-term problem for the quality and consistency of science education.
But this is a long-term problem in need of a long-term solution.
Do we have a long-term problem with overcapacity in a lot of industries?
If activation of the UPR program occurs in smokers on a daily basis due to oxidative stress, it could evolve into a long-term problem either because of persistent damage directly related to its activation, or because as a functional barrier to transformation and tumor progression, it provides an attractive target for disablement.
"People need to now assume this is a long-term problem," Gov. Dannel P. Malloy of Connecticut said in a news conference.
It's an issue identified by successive Treasury secretaries as a long-term problem but at a time of record low wage growth possibly not the country's most hot-button issue.
"What has been thought of as a short-term asset can be a long-term problem," said Jonathan Katz, the chief executive of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies.
