1.   But critics say greed got hospitals into the bleak financial situation they face today.

2.   But there are also some harrowingly bleak situations and dead-end lives on display.

3.   Her laugh and her sense of humor made bleak situations brighter.

4.   Now, that cycle is over, mainly because of the bleak economic situation in Asia.

5.   As for this writer, there is a silver lining to the rather bleak situation.

6.   Juppe said the freeing of five French peacekeepers held hostage and the evacuation of seven others were positive points in an otherwise bleak situation that needs to evolve.

7.   Juppe said the freeing of five French peacekeepers held hostage and the evacuation of seven others were positive points in an otherwise bleak situation.

8.   Political detentions, religious repression and use of the death penalty have risen dramatically, while the bleak situation in Tibet has worsened, Munro said.

9.   The already bleak situation in Tibet had worsened, he said.

10.   The bleak situation has created a new thinking to which Eshkevari and others belong.