This is a dismal picture.

The picture is a sombre one, and we are all affected.

But growth prospects remain grim.

Income inequality casts a long shadow.

Economic hardship combined with threats of terrorism paint a gloomy outlook for much of the country.

We were very surprised to discover a super flare, a flare which is thousands of millions of times more powerful than those we see in the Sun.

Vast, vivid landscapes are being gutted, left monochromatic gray.

Jobs are scarce, and the future looks bleak everywhere.

So it s not all gloom and doom.

The picture for Europe, however, is not as bleak as pessimists assume.

Even so, the picture for Europe is not as bleak as pessimists assume.

The Chinese are comforted in their self image by the world s combination of admiration for their dynamism, greed for the market they constitute, and apprehension for the competition they represent.

Africa does indeed present a gloomy picture, with countries virtually crumbling to dust as a result of autocracy and stagnation.

But in times of slow economic growth, policymakers options are grim.

The policy and move of Japan throws dark clouds over the future peace and security of the region.

Writing several days after the law's adoption, MindNasty painted a grim picture of the efficacy of the ban

Assefa Chabo, a writer who symbolized the glow of the Ethiopian political movement of the 1970s and the crackdown that followed it, died on April 23 in exile.

Medium term growth prospects for the American and European economies range from moderate to bleak.

A more grim outlook is found in Ian Rankin's stories and the psychological horror comedy of Iain Banks.

As a result, a credibility deficit has developed, which casts a shadow on the reputation of the United Nations system as a whole.

The picture is especially grim for the UK, with the official interest rate at 0.5 and inflation at 3.3 .

The meals a pregnant woman consumes constitute a kind of story, a fairy tale of abundance or a grim chronicle of deprivation.

Unless the authorities embrace a growth strategy and do so quickly the eurozone s prospects will become increasingly bleak.

And then you change the photograph he's shooting at, and it suddenly becomes rather grim and maybe less accessible. .

But is the picture really so bleak as those who despair of an emerging Eurabia would have us believe?

With more than 200 million unemployed around the world, prospects for job creation are still too dim.

In addition to all these, a weak glow (often deep red) observed around the two polar cusps, the field lines separating the ones that close through the Earth from those that are swept into the tail and close remotely.

The reports of the Committee and of the Secretary General continue to contain very disturbing accounts and revelations and to reflect stark realities concerning the situation on the ground.

But if Muhammad al Ghuneim does indeed become the new leader, the prospects for any peace at all look grim.

But this continuing silence by the guilty only transfers the costs to society as a whole, with Chinese life distorted by the weight of lies and evasions.

The prognosis of individuals with type 1 HRS is particularly grim, with a mortality rate exceeding 50 after one month.

It boasts a deep purple skin and flesh, and contains levels of antioxidants 200 higher than unmodified tomatoes.

The cusps of the magnetosphere, separating geomagnetic field lines that close through the Earth from those that close remotely allow a small amount of solar wind to directly reach the top of the atmosphere, producing an auroral glow.

Given the centrality of orthodox stalwarts like Larry Summers and Timothy Geithner in the Obama administration, the prospect of serious reform appears dim.

If globalization does not get the fix it needs, economic prospects will be dim for rich and poor countries alike.

By contrast, growth prospects in Europe today are rather dim, and interest payments, even for Greece or Italy, account for less than 20 of total revenues.

In terms of per capita income, the picture is bleak, with the Palestinian people's welfare falling by more than one third between 1999 and 2004.

And yet, despite a palpable sense of concern that something is very wrong, the prognosis for significant change is bleak and deteriorating.

But if Chinese propaganda paints too dark a picture of the Tibetan past, Westerners who sympathize with the Tibetan cause are often too sentimental.

Yes, Europe s economic performance has improved. But if policymakers fail to complete unfinished business, the prognosis will be bleak.

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Apparently, the bitter realization that maybe it could happen to us, but it obviously hasn't and it probably never will, makes our lives seem unbearably grim in comparison.

The International Monetary Fund is thus absolutely right in arguing that excessively front loaded and synchronized fiscal austerity in most advanced economies will dim global growth prospects in 2013.

To me, attempting to discern the economic prospects for 2011 is not a particularly interesting question the answer is bleak, with little upside potential and a lot of downside risk.

Mr. Southcott (Australia) Last year when Australia spoke under this agenda item, we had some grave concerns about the situation in the Middle East, and our prognosis was bleak.