The press of patients has other, equally troubling results.

Equally troubling has been the slow response of the authorities.

But he shows another, equally troubling aspect of America's justice system: that the poor are denied justice.

Equally troubling, however, is the discretion afforded the police in such cases.

Human rights groups see another, equally troubling problem in the White House aid package.

Equally troubling, analysts said, was a 62,000 rise in the number of people receiving unemployment assistance under state programs, to 2.89 million.

But an equally troubling mystery is how the system's uselessness could have gone undiscovered, probably for years.

Other, equally troubling questions may pop up as "The Score" drags through its second hour.

What about the less theatrical, but equally troubling, civil problems that can afflict people in any walk of life?

They haven't left for political reasons but for equally troubling reasons.