"This global versus local problem is going to be hard," Art said one night.

We will take no stand in what is a local problem.

Suddenly what had been a very local problem became galactic.

You can understand why there is no longer such a thing as a local environmental problem.

The situation in Norway was no longer to be considered a local problem.

But that will only turn a local problem into a regional one.

All across America, individuals and community groups are finding solutions to local problems.

"We have got to iron out our local problems first."

This is a permanent and not just a local problem.

Perhaps it is just a local problem in the back rows.