The two-year-olds now face independent futures but ones which will be beset by years of reconstructive surgery.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Magazine | Why are there so many conjoined twins in the news?

"If nothing is done, within five years the UK could be beset by chronic power cuts, " he warned.

BBC: Britain 'faces power cuts threat'

But even this painful escape route out of the fiscal and economic mess will be beset by traps and ambushes.

ECONOMIST: The economy after the election

Mr. WITTE: If the Katrina recovery does not work out well, if it continues to flail, if it continues to be beset by the same kind of problems that you saw with the initial response, I think that you are going to be seeing a lot of people wondering was it a good decision to outsource so much of what government does, to contract that out?

NPR: Post-Katrina Contractors in the Gulf Region

Scotland's new national police force could be overseen by a new parliamentary committee, amid concern it has been beset by a power struggle.

BBC: Move to monitor new Scottish police force

In fraught political circumstances, like those that beset Israel, the quality of leadership can be tested by national catastrophe.

ECONOMIST: Israel's new government

The allegations against Mr Khurshid are the latest to be aimed at the Congress party, which has been beset by corruption scandals for months.

BBC: India campaign against minister Khurshid suspended

But Roy Miller said that she had not received so definitive a diagnosis, and that, in any case, it could be difficult to sustain in court the notion that Amy was beset by extreme delusions.

NEWYORKER: A Loaded Gun

Guerrero said the next pontiff should be a dynamic leader who can lead the church in a modern era beset by long-pestering problems such as poverty.

NPR: In Manila, Catholics Pray For Smooth Succession

In conclusion, I think that the best answer is, as with most large, complex corporate failures, Hostess is beset by a number of challenges which collectively have caused its business to be unable to compete.

FORBES: Did Hostess Go Bankrupt In 2012 Because People No Longer Find Twinkies Appealing?

Any rebalancing of American policy toward China would most likely cause the Chinese to conclude that the U.S. beset by an economic crisis is retrenching from many of its traditional commitments and can't be counted on to pursue robust policies across a range of international issues.

WSJ: Paula J. Dobrianksy: The Realist Case Tibetan Autonomy