1.   I brought grim news, and I delivered it with a certain mournful pleasure.

2.   Many seemed resigned to defeat as two huge television screens flashed the grim news from East Coast precincts.

3.   The next few weeks brought more grim news, as the economic crisis began to deepen.

4.   We received the grim news in silence.

5.   There was further grim economic news yesterday.

6.   Workers were given the grim news by union officials at a mass meeting.

7.   Although Daimler was the first big German company to make such a dramatic announcement, analysts said they expected many other companies to come forth with equally grim news.

8.   Amid the grim news, there are glimmers of hope.

9.   And while that is grim news for retailers, the analysts say it is hard to remember a holiday season that offered bigger bargains to the savvy shopper.