1.   But some of those investigating Caremark say the accusations in the Atlanta case may be indicative of a pervasive problem in the health care industry.

2.   Corruption has become a pervasive problem in China at all levels of government.

3.   Disability rights advocates say the high reversal rate shows pervasive problems in decision-making by the government.

4.   Economic tension with management is a pervasive problem for company doctors, said Ms. Draper, the sociology professor.

5.   Employment specialists and others agree that age discrimination is a pervasive problem in the workplace nationally, and getting worse as layoffs mount.

6.   For me, it was an early lesson in a complex but pervasive problem in psychiatry.

7.   Here in Wilmington and its nearby beaches, a lack of information and the difficulty of communications was a pervasive problem.

8.   Medicare officials deny that there is a pervasive problem and say that individual beneficiaries may appeal if they believe they have been improperly denied home care services.

9.   Officials at the Appalachian Mountain Club, which monitors extremely small particles in New Hampshire, said fine soot and dust pollution is a pervasive problem.

10.   Perhaps the most pervasive problem is the sheer lack of doctors.