International finance economists see a far bleaker future.

The ribs and terrors in the whale, Arched over me a dismal gloom,

We've come away from the Freudian gloom, and people are now actively studying this.

The strategic implications for the region are equally grim.

Prospects for America s consumption binge continuing are also bleak.

behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for anguish of spirit.

Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

The crisis in the former Yugoslavia, and especially the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is one of the most depressing episodes of our time.

The king said to me, Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid.

Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,

With winter not far off, the prospects for the civilian population of Bosnia and Herzegovina began to look ever more dire.

The outcome of this stance looks even gloomier if Iranians compare themselves with India, Brazil, and Turkey.

Still, however gloomy the outlook, we do stagger on the flowers still bloom, the breeze stirs the trees, the birds sing, and children laugh.

Holocaust Remembrance Day in Jerusalem this year again saw Israeli leaders competing with each other in feeding the gloom of the national psyche and public hysteria surrounding Iran s intentions.

For those who do good there is goodness and more , and no blot or disgrace will cover their faces . They are people of Paradise , where they will abide for ever .

For the people of virtue , is goodness and more than that and neither will the blackness nor disgrace come upon their faces it is they who are the people of Paradise they will abide in it forever .

the good doers the reward most fair and a surplus neither dust nor abasement shall overspread their faces . Those are the inhabitants of Paradise , therein dwelling forever .

Unto those who have done good is the good ( reward ) and an increase neither darkness nor abjection will cover their faces . These are the fellows of the Garden therein they will be abiders .

For those who have done good is the best ( reward , i.e. Paradise ) and even more ( i.e. having the honour of glancing at the Countenance of Allah ) Neither darkness nor dust nor any humiliating disgrace shall cover their faces . They are the dwellers of Paradise , they will abide therein forever .

Neither gloom nor shame will come over their faces . These are the inhabitants of Paradise , abiding therein forever .

For those who do good there is good reward and more besides neither gloom nor humiliation shall cover their faces . They are the people of the Garden and in it they shall abide .

Neither dust nor ignominy cometh near their faces . Such are rightful owners of the Garden they will abide therein .

Neither dust nor abasement shall overcast their faces . They shall be the inhabitants of paradise , and they shall remain in it forever .

Neither dust nor shame shall cover their faces . Those are the companions of Paradise in it they shall live for ever .

No darkness will cover their faces , nor humiliation . Those are companions of Paradise they will abide therein eternally

Their faces will suffer no disgrace or ignominy . They will be the dwellers of Paradise wherein they will live forever .

For those who do good is good ( reward ) and more ( than this ) and blackness or ignominy shall not cover their faces these are the dwellers of the garden in it they shall abide .

Those who do good works shall have a good reward and more besides . No darkness and no ignominy shall cover their faces .

To those who do right is a goodly ( reward ) Yea , more ( than in measure ) ! No darkness nor shame shall cover their faces ! they are companions of the garden they will abide therein ( for aye ) !

Today, the mood is much grimmer, with references to 1929 and 1931 beginning to abound, even if some governments continue to behave as if the crisis was more classical than exceptional.

Recall the photographs of Herman Goering and Rudolf Hess sitting glumly in the dock at Nuremberg. Some Nazi leaders were even hanged after relatively short but fair trials.

It is easy to see why this movie would appeal to international filmgoers in a way that a bleaker film like City of Joy , which was set in the slums of Calcutta, could not.

Recall the photographs of Herman Goering and Rudolf Hess sitting glumly in the dock at Nuremberg. Some Nazi leaders were even hanged after relatively short but fair trials.