The supposed transgression may have been a sign of worsening problems off the field; the Mets still have plenty of problems on it.
That may be a sign of worsening problems, analysts said.
BEHIND THE NEWS Signs of worsening problems in the broader economy begin to pile up, as a political consensus gathers around the revised plan.
Lucent Technologies, the nation's largest maker of communications equipment, warned yesterday that it would continue to eliminate jobs as sales plunge, an indication of worsening problems in the telecommunications industry.
Whether the USDA has the statutory authority to deny a petition for HR crop deregulation (i.e., approval) on the grounds of worsening problems with resistant weeds is a contested issue in ongoing litigation.
At the same time a number of economists in and out of government are suggesting that, far from being solved, the nation's economic problems are at risk of worsening.
The result for some states will be "high annual costs that come with significant unfunded liabilities, lower bond ratings, less money available for services, higher taxes and the specter of worsening problems in the future," the study said.
"The recent flood problems in the UK are adding to evidence of worsening flood problems in Europe," said Beate Werner, one of the report's authors.
Ranching associations and business groups accuse the left-leaning government of President Hugo Chávez of worsening the problem by taking a soft line toward Colombia's rebels.
This is partly a problem of communication, worsened by a tendency of the White House (as if the campaign never ended) to make Obama's the face on every issue, so that the more he says, the less people know what he wants.
