1.   Myriad receptions and reunions could not disguise the bleak prospects for job hunters.

2.   The bleak prospect of the labour camps, slavery in Siberia?

3.   Both tended to be kids with prospects so bleak they had little reason to worry about the future.

4.   Each has denounced the other as a traitor, dimming the already bleak prospect for negotiations.

5.   Living on a farm or ranch, miles away from a city, can make that a bleak prospect.

6.   That may be a bleak prospect given his scoreless performance Friday night.

7.   The South presents a pretty bleak prospect for Democrats these days.

8.   They also have bleak prospects for the future.

9.   They say many of the students need a haven where they can avoid the pitfalls of bad schools, tough streets and bleak prospects.

10.   Truly a bleak prospect, but one we need not face -- thanks, in large part, to a man named Ian Ballantine.