21.   But the indictment paints a grim picture of a different kind of brilliance.

22.   Confirming the grim picture, a slew of retailers today warned that their earnings would be disappointing in the fiscal fourth quarter.

23.   Democrats painted a grim picture of sickly seniors being thrown out of nursing homes.

24.   Despite the overall grim picture, Piot said there were a few bright spots.

25.   Dynegy, by contrast, painted a grim picture and invited regulators to crack down.

26.   Dr. Alan Zwerner, chief executive at the nonprofit Medical Quality Commission, said the California physicians group paints too grim a picture.

27.   He paints a grim picture of lands contaminated with radioactive substances released by the blast.

28.   He paints a grim picture of the future if that attitude continues.

29.   He paints a grim picture of a future of enforced no-till farming, tractor crackdowns and farmers at a competitive disadvantage.

30.   In his speech, Bush veered momentarily from the relentless optimism of his campaign and painted a grim picture of the underside of American life.