Those single friends who lament their lack of a partner or prospect around this holiday are unlikely to be doing so in an effort to make couples feel terrible but perhaps, I don't know because they are the ones who actually feel terrible because loneliness is difficult to endure when you seek companionship.
"Pondering all this, the palsied universe lies before us like a leper," as Melville concludes, "and like wilful travellers in Lapland, who refuse to wear coloured glasses upon their eyes, so the wretched infidel gazes himself blind at the monumental white shroud that wraps all the prospect around him.
The 39-year-old is one of the brightest coaching prospects around, with Yorkshire's first County Championship win in 13 years last summer tangible evidence of his abilities.
And employment prospects around his home in Pine City, Minn., more than an hour north of Minneapolis, appeared scant.
None of their discoveries has yet been approved for use, but there are some interesting prospects around.
"I do think there's an element of paying up for growth, given the poor prospects around Europe," said David Stix, head of trading at Iberian Equities, a Spanish brokerage firm.
Facing stalling growth prospects around the globe, Citigroup's chief executive, Vikram S. Pandit, said on Tuesday that the bank would lay off 4,500 workers in the coming months.
Page B1 CITIGROUP TO LAY OFF 4,500 Facing stalling growth prospects around the globe, Citigroup's chief executive, Vikram S. Pandit, said that the bank would lay off 4,500 workers in the coming months.
Financial markets nevertheless remain unsettled by uncertainty over an likely Spanish request for more euro zone aid, over Greece's budget problems, and over poor growth prospects around the euro area.
A solid performance, in what proved to be a 2-0 defeatoto Middlesbrough, combined with a brace for England's Under-16's two weeks previously, leaves Bennett as one of the most sought after prospects around.
Yields on these MLPs are in the neighborhood of 5% and growth prospects around 8%. Bear in mind that some are enjoying growth spurts that will taper off.
