31.   If the investment bank could not soar in the biggest bull market of the decade, prospects look distinctly unappetizing during bleaker times on Wall Street.

32.   In the United States, however, its prospects look bleak.

33.   It would help if every seat is taken and the prospects for that look good.

34.   Its prospects look sunny despite a disappointing performance by its stock since going public earlier this year.

35.   Job prospects looked shaky.

36.   John Windhausen, counsel for Democrats on the Senate Commerce Committee, said today prospects look good for finishing the bill this year.

37.   Long-term prospects look good, he writes, because so many stocks now are cheaper.

38.   Prospects frequently look rosiest to the key players when the romance of the deal is fresh.

39.   Prospects look rosy.