31.   The comics offer relief from the grim news on the front page, the latest political tangle or disaster.

32.   The glossy magazines serve as cheap recreation in a country constantly bombarded by grim news of economic problems and political scandals.

33.   The intriguing thing is that the grim news has scarcely registered here.

34.   The mayor had his own grim news Monday.

35.   The TV, tuned to CNN, dispatched a steady diet of grim economic news as the Dow Jones average plunged.

36.   There was also grim news from SAFY corporations in Oklahoma, Texas and South Carolina.

37.   There was additional grim news.

38.   This is grim news for retailers across New England who depend on Canadian shopping and tourism.

39.   This is grim news for newspapers, and no relief is in sight.

40.   This is just more grim news for the nursery business, whose sales have suffered this year because the constant showers have kept home gardeners indoors.