However, the final was a reminder of those grim days in the early 1980s.

The city has made a spectacular rebound from those grim days.

For many, it was a grim day, without joy or satisfaction.

But there were no books available to me in those grim days and no time at all to read.

It was the only mirthful moment of relief in that grim day.

There have been plenty of grim days around here, but few like this.

Who says the news has to be nothing but grim day after day?

There came a grim day in November with nothing at first to distinguish it from other days.

This weekend, once again, the royal family showed that it had learned from those grim days almost five years ago.

It had the makings of a grim yet productive day.