His buddy Ryo Kubota, a university student, offered a similarly bleak view.

Propsects were similarly bleak last night.

The overall picture may be similarly bleak.

Hongkong and Shanghai Bank is taking a similarly bleak view.

The OBR, whose forecasts are used by the Treasury, has a similarly bleak labour market outlook.

For industrial buildings, the pattern was similarly bleak: developer confidence was blazing in 2001, when six million square feet was built speculatively.

The Congressional report-- a follow-up to a 2003 report that offered a similarly bleak assessment - buttresses those concerns.

Most officials on the Island have similarly bleak views.

Businesspeople in France are similarly bleak about their chances.

Around the country, the picture is similarly bleak, said William Hornsby, staff counsel in the American Bar Association's division for legal services.