Perhaps the most troubling discovery in his research was that girls - the W.U.S.A.'s core audience - found the league to be "uncool" once they reached middle school.

The effect has been of troubling but spacious discovery, as if a part of existence had been unearthed that we had sensed but not identified.

Kirk had related the troubling discovery they had made three nights before, and the subsequent burnout that had prevented getting a definitive answer about Keeler's fate.

On Sept. 23, 1949, President Harry S. Truman announced to the nation the troubling discovery.

But not before the company made some troubling discoveries about how widely the plants' pollen might be dispersed.

But researchers from the Foundation for Children based in Bangkok made a troubling discovery three years ago when they tried to retrace the steps of 57 young girls from this region.

Jennifer R. Wynn, the principal author of the report, said one of the most troubling discoveries was a shortage of board-certified physicians treating inmates.

"It was a very troubling discovery," Mrs. Clinton said.

The most troubling discovery so far, inspectors said, was the slab of concrete that had begun to come loose from the underside of the upper deck.

Probably the study's most troubling discovery was that most of the former relief recipients were weak candidates for full-time jobs.