Their postings are at tough Los Angeles schools, where the students' problems are often grim and resolutions not readily forthcoming.
More recently, Grim notes that deeming resolutions were used by Republicans "36 times in 2005 and 2006," and by Democrats "49 times in 2007 and 2008".
But that hasn't stopped anti-internationalist critics from portraying the resolution in the grimmest possible terms.
It wants to turn the story of a grim, inescapable quagmire into one of erratic but irreversible progress towards a resolution acceptable to all.
That grim forecast followed the latest Russian and Chinese vetoes against a sanctions resolution at the U.N. and an escalation of fighting after three senior members of President Bashar al-Assad's regime were killed.
However, over time, productive guidance has mutated into a glut of negative forecasts and grim predictions that pillage precious and vital airtime from contributing to the resolution of our financial predicament.
Unfortunately, the Republican budget resolution sets all the wrong priorities and casts a particularly grim vision for the future.
In a light moment that contrasted with the grim subject of the day, the French ambassador, Jean-David Levitte, introduced a resolution asking that Mr. Holbrooke remain "in his current capacity for four more years".
