From here on, things become increasingly bleak, in different ways.

He also faced increasingly bleak prospects of getting a comprehensive recount.

The lobbying effort comes as the economic picture is growing increasingly bleak for many states.

For many Cubans, the nuclear plant was one of the few bright spots on an increasingly bleak economic horizon.

Meanwhile, the financial realities of the agency business are growing more difficult for smaller shops in an increasingly bleak ad environment.

Meantime on Sunday, hopes for any negotiated end to the standoff looked increasingly bleak.

In reality, these deals did little to help improve Court Line's increasingly bleak prospects.

"For homeless young men the outlook is increasingly bleak," says Spencer.

Instead, she lived an increasingly bleak and brutal life at the home of the hotel's chief financial officer here.

Yet at a time of increasingly bleak fiscal news, the budget chief is emerging as one of the most important officials in city government.