But through the windows of their half-empty dining rooms, restaurateurs here see rays of hope emanating from President-elect Barack Obama.
Islanders (58 points last season, 13th in conference) For the first time in nearly a decade, there is some genuine hope emanating out of Long Island.
In the west, newspapers, thinktanks and governments retained specialists whose job was to scrutinise every scrap of evidence, gossip and rumour emanating from Moscow in the hope that it would provide some inkling of what the Soviet leadership was up to.
The hope and determination emanating from his words seemingly assured that South Sudan was in good hands - the hands of the people who were all so very committed to it.
In light of the rhetoric of "hope" and "change" emanating from the newly elected administration in Washington, I am certain that I was not alone in my attempt at cautious optimism.
The teachings emanating from the Source of that hope support greater love, compassion, healing, and non-violence.
But it was they who encouraged the spiv culture to begin with, hoping that the trickle of taxes emanating from the banks' enormous profits would do some social good.
Re "Kentucky Will Hire Calipari as Coach," April 1: I hope we will hear the same righteous indignation emanating from Washington about John Calipari's $31-million-plus 31-million-plus 31-million-plusion, the University of Kentucontractwithid about Wall Street bonuses and other corpublic payouts.
He also taught himself to play the soprano saxophone, mimicking the sounds emanating from the room of his dorm mate, Rudy Vallee, who hoped to become a concert saxophonist.
For most businessmen in the region, CAFTA represents the best hope of stopping the five being overwhelmed again, this time by the forces of globalisation emanating from the east.
