Economists put forward three reasons for the dismal performance of some richly endowed countries

A widening gap in economic performance and political dominance is such a dismal prospect for the EU that it must not be allowed to become permanent.

Even Ireland s dismal performance at the recent Eurovision Song Contest has been used to bolster the message They didn t vote for us why should we vote for them?

An Even More Dismal Science

This is a dismal picture.

For example, Italian politicians, who, given Italy s recent dismal economic performance, would seem the least qualified to offer the ECB advice on monetary policy, are nonetheless advocating interest rate cuts.

At the same time, al Ahmar s dismal performance in spearheading the war against the Houthi led sectarian rebellion in the north made him a convenient scapegoat for the regime s failures.

Rousseff s administration faces a dismal outlook.

Other currency centered conferences were dismal failures.

However, in terms of non income indicators of poverty for example, child mortality, malnutrition, and school dropouts India s performance has been dismal (in some respects worse even than in sub Saharan Africa).

Maternal mortality rates remain dismal in several countries.

Deregulation had proven to be a dismal failure.

The future of the West Bank is equally dismal.

And the CSF s track record is dismal at best.

We fear the dismal day calamitous from our Lord .

Voluntary codes of good conduct have been a dismal failure.

And some faces , that Day , will be sad and dismal ,

And some faces , that Day , will be sad and dismal ,

It has long been recognized that those America s banks that are too big to fail are also too big to be managed. That is one reason that the performance of several of them has been so dismal.

The country has done its best to live down it dismal past.

Sanctions, of course, have a dismal historical record in achieving their aims.

Indian poverty reduction has been significant, but not substantial. However, in terms of non income indicators of poverty for example, child mortality, malnutrition, and school dropouts India s performance has been dismal (in some respects worse even than in sub Saharan Africa).

Khaled Kabbara, UNHCR external relations associate, shares those photographs showing their dismal conditions

This is such a dismal prospect that it must not be allowed to happen.

A dismal silence greeted its publication, which left Germany s pro European establishment isolated and dispirited.

The dismal image that Europe projects to the world nowadays does no justice to reality.

Service sector productivity growth in formerly manufacturing heavy Asian economies has been dismal by international standards.

What is the cause of that dismal failure? The answer is in fact simple and clear.

DR CAFTA does neither. Instead, it condemns Central America to carry its dismal past far into the future.

Moreover, it is more than strange that a company with so dismal a safety record has continued to operate.

Students are protesting against the dismal state of public schools in Brazil and demanding better teaching, infrastructure and food.

But when it descends in their courtyard it will be a dismal dawn for those who had been warned .

But when it descends in their courtyard it will be a dismal dawn for those who had been warned .

That point aside it is always of interest to a dismal scientist to consider alternative ways that we can die.

An influential 1933 study of the Austrian town of Marienthal by the sociologist Paul Lazarsfeld painted this dismal picture in detail.

With so much underutilized productive capacity today, and with immediate economic prospects so dismal, the risk of serious inflation is minimal.

Medvedev has in the past recognized both the need to attract Russian and foreign investment and the country s dismal investment climate.

First and foremost is economic growth, which for the past few years indeed, for the past two decades has been dismal.

But the first half growth rate looks set to come in closer to 1.5 at best, even below 2011 s dismal 1.7 .

And nearly all so called experts have proven highly fallible witness the United States Federal Reserve s dismal forecasting record before the crisis.

They include validating a performance test strategy, developing a performance test plan, determining the sizing of test data sets, developing a performance test data plan, and identifying performance test scenarios.

Performance measures

Performance indicators

The Obama administration s efforts to deal with the real estate market have been a dismal failure, perhaps succeeding only in postponing further declines.

In an effort to reverse the dismal situation, Sushma Swaraj has sought to provide assurances to African ambassadors and individuals in India alike.