A Western diplomat suggested that the difficulties might not be insurmountable.
And it warned: "These difficulties might be fatal to the very existence of the State if it were left without support and guidance".
In a lifetime in and out of academia, I have never before heard a teacher suggest that his student's difficulties might have something to do with him.
She says: "The potential difficulties might have been that the inspector didn't quite understand that they were there to inspect and push an agenda.
And while English-speaking husbands experiencing marital difficulties might be under their wives' thumbs, similarly oppressed Japanese would be "under their wives' buttocks".
She had chuckled when she read this, in 1986, but now she started to wonder whether her own difficulties might be eerily similar in nature.
Although these difficulties might be fatal to the survival of many supranational organizations, they are not in fact totally debilitating for the United Nations.
High brick walls predominate, in front of which perilously little happens; it appears as if funding had been cut off halfway through set construction, which, given the Met's current financial difficulties, might have been the case.
State/charity dominance also means that there is no advertising spend targeted at people with mental health difficulties, partially because there is no notion that people with mental health difficulties might spend on their own care, support or wellbeing.
Gore runs through the difficulties of feeding power from intermittent sources, like the sun and the wind, into the electrical grid, and describes how these difficulties might be overcome.
His critics say he is just biding his time, hoping that the economic difficulties might force Mr Gonzalez, another Colorado, to step down.Paraguay was saved last year by a $395m loan from Taiwan.
