In the same event, in a more surprising and perhaps more worrisome statement, Carson claimed that evolution, as explained by Darwin, was actually the work of the devil.
Even more worrisome than the statements themselves is the ideology from which they spring up.
Even from countries with generally positive reputations, some statements had worrisome overtones.
But the most worrisome part of Stroeve's statement is that "we are eventually going to lose all of that summer sea ice".
For example, if all of the non-responders had answered that they did not feel that there was discrimination against IMGs, 31 (25, 37) percent of directors would have agreed with this statement -- still a worrisome figure.
But it is deeply worrisome, because the Salafists have made clear in their statements that they are an illiberal party with extreme views on many topics, whatever their charitable works are.
But in the view of some analysts and strategists, Mr. Kerry gave Mr. Bush an opening by making statements earlier in the presidential campaign that were worrisome to supporters of Israel.
"We find this proposal both intriguing and worrisome," Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement last year.
"Although the reduction in shipments was not a surprise, the magnitude of the contraction is both surprising and worrisome," David Daoud, I.D.C.'s research director for personal computing, said in a statement.
He added that statements by Alberto R. Gonzales, the White House counsel, made the tribunals seem less worrisome than Mr. Bush's military order, but he faulted the White House for not better explaining the details.
