Gloomy, gloomy, gloomy guys!
The lack of a functioning light bulb had me washing up blind, adding another unwelcome layer of difficulty to an already gloomy and confusing process.
The mood among those close to the process is gloomy, with senior sources calling the prospect of finding a buyer for the whole business "remote".
Koff's digging — often in collaboration with journalists — resulted in a stream of revelations: Conflicts of interest had tarnished the bidding process; the gloomy prospects of the retail development were ignored; the deal included long-term, highly paid jobs for members of the development team.
In most cases the gloomy scenario anticipates a reactive process in which Iran's "going nuclear" leads to decisions by other states in the region and possibly elsewhere to follow suit in quick succession.
There is still gloomy talk about how long the whole process will take, but this may be overdone.
EVEN by the gloomy standards of the misnamed Middle East peace process, the prospect of a lasting deal between Jews and Arabs in that little strip of land between the Jordan river and the Mediterranean has seemed remoter than ever.
Their approach was largely clinical and gloomy, and they escorted parents through a grieving process and toward acceptance, as if their child had been diagnosed with a disease.
Yet, by some process of alchemy, the overall effect is sumptuous rather than gloomy.
