The blame for many recent banking troubles lies with fiscally inept local governments.
The key troubles lie with the American consumer, who, after months of coping with soaring gasoline prices, is faced with losses in the stock market and an uncertain financial future.
Much of the blame for Kerry's troubles lies with his boss, who has placed him in an increasingly invidious position by deciding to go to Congress, and subsequently conceding that Assad's chemical weapons don't pose any "imminent direct threat" to the United States.
Since 1929, the appeal of safe-deposit boxes has been something short of universal, and last May Manufacturers Trust decided thatpart of the trouble lay with the boxes themselve "We decided they lacked glamour," one man said.
For Robert H. Giles, commentary editor for GlobalPost and formerly editor and publisher of The Detroit News, the trouble lay with the combination of front-page prominence, Mr. Romney's name in the headline and details of his connection with Bain high in the story.
The trouble lies with the investment climate in receiving countries.
Rather, the contributors conclude, the trouble lies with governments and politics themselves.
The trouble lies with the opposition chiefly, though not exclusively, with its leader, Silvio Berlusconi.
At least part of the trouble lies with Amis's default mode of ironic exaggeration.
The repair material is often blamed for "not sticking", although the general source of the trouble lies with the substrate surface conditioning.
Much of the trouble lies with infrastructure, power and metal companies that invested heavily in the go-go years.
