The big European bank signed a deferred prosecution agreement and got hit with some pretty horrible headlines.

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If the two sides can't get behind a plan to cut the deficit there will be pretty horrible consequences.

BBC: America's fiscal suicide pact

These are some pretty impressive growth numbers during a pretty horrible economic period, and growth will likely continue in 2010.

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But what remains is pretty horrible and hard to shift.

BBC: Should the Treasury keep 'bad' RBS?

It's still pretty horrible out there for foreclosure tenants.

NPR: Illinois Renters Given Time To React To Foreclosures

For all its vacillation between horrible and hilarious, there's something about "Pretty on the Inside" that rescues the song from throwaway silliness.

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"I'm pretty sure if I had done that before, I wouldn't have the horrible vowel sounds that I do!"

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