Well, what a dreadful set of numbers.
But he stressed households were not consuming less and the mood in Germany was well short of dreadful.
The worst that can happen is that everyone says, 'Well, that was dreadful, she should have stuck to writing for kids' and I can take that.
He has been responsible for some brilliant - as well as some dreadful - concerts, so though his last two albums rate as African classics, there was no guarantee that he would be on form.
This was underscored by the recent killing of a prominent environmentalist, Chhut Vuthy, and the jailing of 13 women who had become visible for their protests against land-grabs in the capital.What many of Hun Sen's critics fail to understand, particularly those who would hope to inspire an Arab-spring-like uprising, is that Cambodians remember very well what a dreadful business civil war can be.
He survived a number of close lbw shouts as well as the dreadful run-out of Darren Bravo to flourish despite Broad's excellent display.
It produces hysteria and intellectual folly, as well as the dreadful temptation to turn to the state as the cure for all ills.
Those dreams of NBA glory will eventually meet reality, and we'll be left with the slowly dawning realization that most of the 41 games played at the Barclays Center this season could well be plodding, dreadful affairs.
The scene of Herr Mann's novel is a sanatorium in the Swiss mountains: practically all his people are consumptives in whom we are made to see "a feeble, dreadful welling-up of the juices of organic dissolution".
"You know, 'Oh God she's put on so much weight, she looks dreadful.' Well, I just say it".
