Word: problem
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There was also the problem that the Kennedys share with everyone descended from a famous forebear--how to escape seeming a pale version of the original, like Frank Sinatra Jr. Joe Kennedy, who came to Congress worried that he could never match the luster of his famous elders, once told friends, "Every time I speak, a lot of people expect to hear President Kennedy's Inaugural Address...
John threw himself into the work, interviewing experts and reading academic literature. Rather than finding a needy hospital to toss cash at, he discovered a mostly ignored problem, the inadequate education and dismal pay of frontline workers in mental health. They are working poor, without health insurance or hope of mobility, yet they care for people like Kennedy's aunt Rosemary, left deeply retarded by a lobotomy, as well as millions of others with disabilities. "What he understood," says Deborah Shanley, a Brooklyn College dean, "is that you're never going to have quality care if the people in this...
...Draskovic thinks he is. It is not an easy one to answer. If any opposition leader has the skills and the organization to replace Milosevic, he has. A gifted orator with demagogic instincts, he heads the influential Serbian Renewal Movement. At the same time, Draskovic may be more problem than solution. He has been on all sides of key issues, both inside the government and out. He can't quite decide whether Milosevic can be ousted by a mass movement or should be enticed to resign...
...made an appointment to see the room the next day. That morning, I woke up with a pounding headache and a queasy stomach. No, it was not the result of a glorious night on the town; it was simply my bad luck. But I figured it was no problem; I'd just call them up and reschedule. So, later that afternoon, feeling much better, I phoned to ask if I could drop by and check the place out. "Oh, I'm sorry," replied the owner of the house, "the room is gone. But I hope you're feeling better." Yeah...
...those things we didn't know was a problem until the bills went out," she said...