The Brakebills kids had also read their Tolkien — and Harry Potter, of course, to which "The Magicians" (wherein sorcery, far from solving its unhappy heroes' problems, often seems to make things worse) sometimes seemed a direct rebuttal.
He was unhappy with continuing problems, including a radiator that worked erratically and faulty ceiling wiring.
Jane and Leonard are just another unhappy couple with problems that have nothing to do with the direction of Western civilization.
By the time they have reacted to problems, unhappy customers may have taken to their weibo microblogs or the news media to stir up trouble.
Genzyme, one of the nation's oldest and largest biotechnology companies, has been struggling to assuage investors unhappy over manufacturing problems that have caused nearly yearlong shortages of two of the company's most important and profitable drugs.
On the witness stand in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, she delivered a list of postdivorce problems: unhappy holidays, a pre-emptive trip to Disney World and what she called "regressive behavior" by their daughter, CALEIGH, now 5.
Then, just when Byron seems to have hit bottom, he meets an elegantly dressed, smooth-talking stranger who works in a mysterious suite in the shabby Pasadena building where Byron rents an office and who offers a solution to the unhappy writer's problems.
Similarly, "anxiety," "sad or unhappy feelings," and "problems with concentration" were correlated with the emotional functioning score.
Both had tumultuous personal lives with unhappy marriages, health problems, lateness, canceled concerts, weight issues, and rumors of drug and alcohol abuse.
One of them said: "Sometimes it may be unhappy marriages or problems with the children which are outside my area of action.
Unhappy people let problems fester until they reach a boiling point and are unbearable.
