41.   A grim picture was emerging of life at the facility, where complaints of poor conditions and mistreatment led to frequent escape attempts.

42.   A grim picture was painted of deplorable and unsafe working conditions infactories, and industrial pollution that can affect health in many Apec countries.

43.   A Yeltsin radio ad featured a star athlete and a famous actress painting a grim picture of life behind a new Iron Curtain if the Communists return to power.

44.   As Serb forces hit villages in northern Kosovo Wednesday, NATO envoys were given a grim picture of the humanitarian disaster unfolding in the independence-minded Serbian province.

45.   Collenette and John de Chastelain, chief of Defence staff, painted a grim picture.

46.   Collenette and John de Chastelain, chief of Defence staff, painted a grim picture of the situation in Bosnia.

47.   Deputy Prime Minister Gennady Kulik painted a grim picture of decline in the agricultural sector.

48.   Despite the grim picture, Khet said prospects for change were not hopeless.

49.   He painted a grim picture of the situation in Sierra Leone.

50.   Humanitarian groups, meanwhile, were painting an increasingly grim picture of life inside Afghanistan.