Afterwards, all 40 were given a creative problem-solving task (technically a word association task).
So even if they splurged during Golden Week, most Japanese are still reluctant to open their purses, a problem given that consumer spending accounts for 60% of GDP.
And demand is unlikely to be a problem given the current low-rate environment, though stricter diligence, from lenders, investors and regulators, will be critical to prevent a repeat of the last crash.
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But healthy as they are, they face a problem: given Estonia's tiny size, how can they keep growing?
Mr. Maung Maung Win conceded that outside influence over the currency could be a problem, given Myanmar's many border crossings with neighbors, which make it hard to monitor capital flows.
His primary conclusion is that Samsung is the most logical buyer, which is something of a problem, given the report late yesterday that Samsung has no interest in such a deal.
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For example, the slippery slope concern is a proper brake on public policy when a given policy seeking to curb a specific, discreet problem would have a likelihood of curbing similar behavior that is in fact not a problem, and indeed, behavior that might be of value to the society.
"The issue is starting to be recognized as a legitimate object of clinical attention, as well as an economic problem, given that a great deal of non-essential internet use takes place at work, " said Dr Aboujaoude.
The good news is that so-called green transportation is a solution to a problem that is more contrived than real given the global oil boom and the emergence of natural gas, not electric motors, as the major alternative to gasoline and diesel.
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Bond funds, once a problem for Fidelity given its affection for risk, are now consistently good performers.
As the researchers note, this is actually a pretty tough problem, given that the natural ambiguity and cultural context of the language both have to be taken into consideration.
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Declining supply in the North Sea has been a problem for years, given aging oil fields and infrastructure there.
But this only tells half of the story: A second problem is that loss-given default assumptions are rising too.
The problem with evaluating whether a given policy yields a good outcome is our lack of agreement about the right answer.
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And that presents a chicken-or-egg problem given that high unemployment is the key driver of economy uncertainty, especially among small business owners.
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Hurricane Irene looks tough enough, but the barrage of economic news next week could be even more of a problem for the market, given the trend of recent reports.
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Reinforcing existing defences against possible long-range Iranian missiles is seen as a problem for the future, given that America now says the Iranians are working more on short- and medium-range missiles than on long-range ones.
Apple has given developers a tool to help combat this problem in the iOS platform.
The citizenship test given to candidates is unlikely to present a problem.
Joanne Friedman, a New Jersey horse-farm owner and equine appraiser, pointed to another problem: Given the generally nervous nature of horses, she said, it would be "quite a feat" to get them to start a race without incident.
One problem: Given that we know that a majority of new products fail in the market, unwavering fixation looks like a bad bet.
Arum claims that despite frequent conversations with English promoters Frank Warren and Barry Hearn, the relative lack of exposure given to his fighters on English television presents a problem in matching fighters from either side of the Atlantic.
The problem is finding time between movie screenings to follow a given series faithfully.
But, Eidson assures me, the problem is easier than it seems given experience and a good database.
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Given that the politicians' postponement of a decision has caused the problem, how would a further delay help solve it?
Before genomics data was offered in the cloud, researchers had to download all the data for a given human sample and discard those portions not applicable to their research problem.
But given how things might have turned out that's not a bad problem to have.
Which, given that it has 700 million subscribers, is something of a problem for Apple.
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As I've reported before, the issue of incomplete journeys or "overcharging" on Oyster is a problem and it costs Londoners millions a year when they are given maximum fares.
But despite the embarrassment, I'm actually glad that the whole episode went public because it's given me a chance to talk about what I believe is the real problem with American healthcare: compassion, or more accurately, a lack of it.
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