Yes, last week's results were dreadful, they say, but the coalition will not break up: going to the country now would be fatal.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

He might not be, of course, but it is no coincidence that he has a dreadful record of running between the wickets - run outs being the most common result of tension and uncertainty.

BBC: Jonathan Agnew column

But many Romans still fear that it will cause dreadful damage, cost too much and not be ready by December 1999, as promised.

ECONOMIST: Italy��s millennial tangle | The

But if R2P is no Western plot, it may not be the perfect way to ward off dreadful acts of mass murder either.

ECONOMIST: Responsibility to protect

Personal relations among senior ministers are neither better nor worse than in most previous governments, but things will have to be tightened up if the public is not to conclude that they are dreadful.

ECONOMIST: Rumour, tittle-tattle and gossip

But dismissing the appeal Lord Justice Treacy said the sentence was "not excessive" given the nature of the "truly dreadful" crime and an adult would have been given a longer tariff.

BBC: Bleddyn King