Responses are encoded on a four-point Likert scale from "not troubled" to "heavily troubled".
In a stinging fifteen pages, Judge Rakoff called the settlement between the S.E.C. and Citigroup, which was agreed to in October, a sop to the troubled megabank, noting that it was charged only with negligence rather than fraudulent intent; it didn't admit any wrongdoing; and it received a fine that was "pocket change" to such a huge institution.
The Republican candidate, in turn, abandoned his high-mindedness in order to fish in troubled waters, solemnly noting that "we don't need people to pay lip service to pulling people together and then, in fact, in their personal lives, in their political lives, in their business lives, do the opposite".
As for Britain, however, he is more troubled, while noting that Mr. Cameron's defeat in Parliament was partly self-inflicted and came from bad management of his majority.
The report touched on Tracey Connelly's own troubled childhood and noted that she herself was placed on the child protection register at the age of 10 because of neglect.
Despite the accounts of Ms. Ochoa's troubled emotional state, they note that she was right-handed and wonder how she could have shot herself in the head with her left hand while wearing rubber gloves after she had wounded herself in the leg.
She deepens her assessment of the Book of Revelation by opening with a troubled personal note.
Ms. Houston began on a troubled note: she had difficulty focusing, tripped on the stage and forgot the lyrics to her hit, "How Will I Know".
"I detect a certain condescension to authors from troubled countries," he says, noting the assumption that they can write about nothing but political strife.
Only one couplet sounds a slightly more troubled note: "European dreams/ European screams".
