31.   Their bleak futures are sadder than any soap opera.

32.   To read the survey results, without context, is to foresee a bleak future, indeed.

33.   Two high school basketball stars hope to escape from war-zone neighborhoods and bleak futures through their ability on the court.

34.   Wednesday, Leveille got word that he can leave behind the frustrations of an ancient trade facing a bleak future.

35.   While the government is reaping the savings, the closures have left many cities whose livelihoods depended on the bases facing bleak futures.

36.   Pocketbooks are empty, and it is hard to see a guaranteed income in the bleak future.

37.   A year after returning home, a Rwandan Hutu ponders his bleak future.

38.   But disabled veterans of the war in Afghanistan paint a bleak future for those who are crippled.

39.   Faced with a bleak future, many brokers have been selling their cards.

40.   Many will now have to return to face a bleak future in their home countries.