Indeed, some personal research by ByGeorge found things were still pretty gloomy, whatever the figures say: "We live in an area of mostly semi-retired, retired and elderly people, and I can tell you the shops, even the supermarkets, are EMPTY!" Bleak news from America was also taken to be considerably alarming for those on this side of the Atlantic.
Rex Ryan, the Jets coach, has managed, so far, to talk up this game without making it as much an us-versus-them thing as he did when his team played the Patriots, in part because doing so, absent cause and history, would make the trash talk more like empty cable-news-talk chatter, rather than a legitimate (or at least plausible) call to arms.
But this is total empty-calorie news.
The stadium's seats were empty on Wednesday, news agencies reported, an indication of the tight security surrounding her visit.
Camps in the Mara game reserve have been mostly empty this year bad news for mobile camps and a disaster for permanent ones.
But the treatment of AIDS is steadily improving.In this section Getting the message On the move Hair today, hair tomorrow Reprints Related items The business of AIDS: Sex and sensibilityMay 1st 2008One-third full or two-thirds empty?The latest news on treatment is contained in a report published by the WHO, UNAIDS and UNICEF, the United Nations children's fund, on June 2nd.
Many businesses were closed, while streets normally full of shoppers and tourists were empty, reports Reuters news agency.
PAGE D7 Editorial INJURED WARRIORS, EMPTY PROMISES The bad news about the Army's treatment of wounded soldiers keeps coming.
Her family offered a $25,000 reward, put up a Web site and invited reporters into Ms. Cruz's empty apartment to generate news media interest, all to no avail.
For a media consumer who will literally notice and react negatively if they find their news feed empty or stale.
