1.   American Chairman Robert Crandall was similarly grim about the talks in an appearance before the House aviation subcommittee, where he testified about the federal airline ticket tax.

2.   Casino games often have similarly grim expected values.

3.   In Maine and New Hampshire, which have fewer boats, the outlook is similarly grim.

4.   Other surveys offer similarly grim news.

5.   Similarly grim observations are being made by officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization and private relief groups.

6.   Trevor Rowe, spokesman for the U.N. World Food Program, came to a similarly grim conclusion.

7.   Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle was similarly grim at his morning briefing, saying supporters had tried everything they could think of to sway some more Republicans.

8.   The mood is similarly grim at Mission Control in Korolyov, just north of Moscow.