City agencies often predict doom and gloom to engender support only to have the situation turn out better than anticipated.

Despite the skeptics who predict doom and gloom for the Yankees, Steinbrenner's collection of expensive talent is not growing too old too fast.

People have been predicting death, doom and gloom for as long as we've had literature.

Economists predict gloom because they focus on industrial companies; that's like predicting a family's future by watching only the grandparents.

End-of-the-year Cassandras traditionally predict doom, gloom and anarchy.

"Every step forward we're taking, we end up getting bumped back two steps because of elected officials that are going out and predicting doom and gloom."

We'll not be crusaders, predicting gloom as the byproduct of all growth.

"The human psyche seems to have a powerful underlying need to predict doom and gloom," he wrote.

"We ought to take the quotes from all those guys on the Hill who were predicting doom and gloom and throw them back in their faces."

The next day the people continue toward Calydon, and the seer predicts more gloom and doom.