11.   Insiders sold as prospects dim for earnings growth because of competition from other on-line services and the increasing popularity of the Internet.

12.   It faces dim prospects in the Senate, and Clinton Saturday renewed his vow to veto it, should it reach his desk.

13.   Most arrived after the Persian Gulf War, living in reduced circumstances and with dim prospects of returning home anytime soon.

14.   Singapore shares have been weighed down by dim economic prospects.

15.   The bill is seen as having dim prospects in the House, where Republican leaders succeeded in killing a similar measure last year.

16.   The company also painted dim prospects for business in China and India, two markets that some analysts said the company had been counting on for growth.

17.   The higher borrowing costs, and the dim prospects for a recovery in sales has led companies to scale back capital spending.

18.   The higher borrowing costs, and the dim prospects for a recovery in sales have led companies to scale back capital spending.

19.   The measure, which the House has approved three times before, has dim prospects in the Senate.

20.   The package is now in Congress, where it appears to have dim prospects off passage.