Whatever the reason, such claims pose troublesome issues of law (of course, the Ledyard, N.Y., town clerk's refusal is now the subject of a lawsuit) and public policy.
The struggle also poses a troublesome issue for the interim Iraqi government, which has been working to shrug off accusations that the Americans retain extensive influence.
One of Benazir's former ministers had told me that her most troublesome problems were posed by the I.S.I., which continued to run domestic surveillance operations, counsel her political opponents, including Nawaz Sharif, and conduct an aggressive policy in Afghanistan, to the increasing annoyance of her government and the United States.
While the fires that burned in Los Alamos, N.M., in May received widespread national attention for the danger they posed to the national laboratories, other fires have caused equally troublesome problems for local residents.
The target should have been substantially greater but, despite England's litany of batting errors, it still seemed sufficient to pose their opponents a troublesome task.
And it is political inequality — in which some have greater access to and control over our political system than others — that is the most troublesome, and poses the greatest danger to the health of our political system, economic system and civil society.
The shortage of medical supplies and equipment posed a challenge for those in charge of medical care, with the lack of soap and disinfectant being a particularly troublesome concern.
It is only the accumulation of particularly troublesome anomalies that poses a serious problem for the existing disciplinary matrix.
In recent years Lake Erie has seen increasingly troublesome blooms of cyanobacteria, which pose a significant threat to local ecosystems, fisheries, property values, recreation, tourism, and the drinking water of millions of Americans.
