On the negative side, in the late 1980s Colombia had grim prospects for productivity growth.

Despite the grim prospects, he said: "I don't mean to suggest a specter we cannot control.

Despite these grim prospects, Berlioz saw the work through to its completion in 1858.

Of course, no one was truly pleased with a budget that offered such grim prospects.

The employees face the grim prospects of no paychecks at all after Jan. 2.

Many other sub-Saharan countries face the same grim prospect.

It was a grim prospect, and one he did not intend to endure alone.

But the current economic recession in China has made prospects grim for new business and investment in the future.

I must say it's a grim prospect for us now.

That is a grim prospect for what in recent years has been a low- to no-growth business.