1.  Concern about the dismal state of medical publishing in India has been voiced before.

2.  And at every turn, Barak has reminded Israelis of the dismal state of the economy, which has slumped since Netanyahu came to power.

3.  As a result, the quality of the air is improving, albeit from a dismal previous state.

4.  But given the dismal state of city finances, the chancellor will surely need help from civic minded New Yorkers.

5.  But many analysts brushed aside their words as irrelevant to the long-term outlook for Tokyo stocks, which are weighed down by the dismal state of the Japanese economy.

6.  Carpenter knows a thing or two about the current dismal state of that industry.

7.  Even after emancipation, discriminatory laws often kept segregated black schools in a dismal state, if they existed at all.

8.  Extreme violations of the human spirit made my contribution to the dismal state of the world look infinitesimal.

9.  Given such a dismal state of affairs, what is the incentive for anyone to keep playing the game?

10.  He is fond of clucking about what he sees as the deplorably dismal state of our moral health.