The chief troubles confronting this godfather were a dissatisfied wife and two unhappy adolescent children.
Similar troubles confront a program aimed at freeing money for auto loans, credit card lending and other consumer finance.
Mr. Ban got a good look at the troubles confronting his own mission here, which has been as devastated by the quake as Port-au-Prince itself.
The company also felt that, with the mountain of legal troubles confronting its target, it had to tread carefully instead of wholeheartedly throwing significant resources into an offer.
At the first of four fund-raisers in San Antonio and Austin, Mr. Obama told 1,200 supporters that Republicans, led by Mr. Romney, wanted to return to policies that had led to the economic troubles confronting his presidency.
But Mr. Kim has set several deadlines for achieving this goal, which has proved to be elusive amid a stagnating stock market and troubles confronting Hyundai and other companies.
The Hummingbirds' longtime lead singer, Ira Tucker Sr., 78, who joined the group in 1938, still proselytizes in a hearty, stalwart baritone, and bluesy songs like "When I Go Away," "Nobody's Fault" and "Too Many Troubles" confront death with unshakable faith.
As automakers dropped their latest batch of awful sales numbers on the market on Tuesday, reinforcing the gloom spreading across the economy, the troubles confronting American workers seemed to intensify.
They may be worried about the weak rule of law, corruption and lack of an independent judiciary, as seen in recent troubles confronting BP and Shell with their Russian partners.
And Katrina has not been the only trouble confronting the Saucedo family.
But when it comes to larger issues in our culture, we have more trouble confronting where they intersect with violence.
