21.   Now, however, the picture is getting clearer.

22.   Some economists think the employment picture may be getting brighter.

23.   The picture got worse and worse so I highly doubt we will be going.

24.   The picture will get more confused when Smith returns and Bishop begins competing simultaneously with Oben at tackle and Smith at guard.

25.   The picture gets a little fuzzy at this point.

26.   The picture gets even weirder.

27.   The scramble for new spending comes as lobbyists step up their efforts to secure funding now, before the fiscal picture gets even tighter in the coming years.

28.   Their pictures got into magazines.

29.   While they continue scratching their heads about that, the TV picture will get clearer in other respects this week.

30.   Against a backdrop of plunging consumer confidence and soaring unemployment, economists worry that the economic picture might get a lot worse before it gets better.