And the words on "Cerulean Salt" suggested a bleak and bleary landscape (one verse mentioned "silver spoons over fire"), transformed by the flickering possibility of love.
Guillaume Pépy, the head of SNCF, suggested a bleak outlook for the D line: "Passengers are increasing by about 5%, or 25,000 people, a year.
He said the sharp increase in electricity rates expected later this summer, and the increasing difficulty of holding sufficient reserves during peak demand, suggested a bleak future if plants were not constructed.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 231.77 points, or 2.5percentto to 9,033.66 after Caterpillar and DuPont, two members of the blue-chip index, said their earnings declined in the third quarter and suggested a bleak outlook for the economy.
The state of trade survey of 400 firms across the UK suggested a "bleak" outlook for 2013.
"If you look at other evidence about the labor market, it points to weakening," said Mr. Shapiro of MFR, noting that sentiment surveys have suggested a bleaker employment outlook among consumers.
In another, a black sheet hanging on a washing line billows in the wind, suggesting a bleak human form.
It's a truly miserable time to be a saver in the UK, and several pieces of news this week suggest the bleak conditions will endure for some time.
That suggests a bleak view of the human imagination.Universities that want to improve their selection procedures by identifying talented people (of any colour or creed) from disadvantaged backgrounds should be encouraged.
Love out of Lust is pure melodic angst, and even though the reviews of her latest album, I Never Learn, suggest a bleak series of moans, it also has the tunes to stand up against her earlier material.
