This all seems a rather dismal outlook, although I suppose it is an improvement over earlier systems, which I understand consumed more energy in their production than they produced over their life.

The dismal outlook underscores how much investing in technology has changed since the late 1990's.

The disclosure of the dismal outlook follows similar warnings by Ericsson's principal mobile phone rivals, Nokia of Finland and Motorola of the United States.

This dismal outlook prompted the company to try drastic measures a year ago, starting with the arrival of Arnold P. Cohen.

Given the continuing dismal outlook for the Mexican peso, an American would be foolish to purchase pesos before leaving the United States.

AS Japan lapses into its fourth recession in 10 years, many big Japanese multinational corporations are confronting an even more dismal outlook than before.

With the economic outlook dismal at best, many of the younger Hondurans who can obtain visas are already migrating to the United States in search of work.

And the Congressional Budget Office released a dismal outlook for unemployment in its mid-year review of the federal budget.

A dismal outlook for one's next thousand years.

The dismal outlook for Central America can be counterbalanced by accounts of people achieving better lives through effective relief programs.