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"To hear that there's going to be the potential of some of these very preventable diseases becoming a petri dish here in our location is troublesome," she said.

More troublesome are the Munchkins and the citizens of Emerald City.

Declining revenue is especially troublesome at a school whose athletic department has run in the red for six consecutive fiscal years.

Even getting hold of a shared city bike, often the best way to get around Beijing, can now be troublesome.

Indeed, even more troublesome was the Dodgers’ inability to generate much against the Diamondbacks’ bullpen — a woebegone unit that has spoiled Arizona’s playoff aspirations by ranking 26th in the majors with a 4.73 ERA.