The outlook for Texas Democrats is quite bleak, as Republicans are very much in the majority on the major issues, which continue to reflect traditions of cultural conservatism and minimalist government.

CNN: /AllPolitics Election '98

With the American economy still in trouble, and the jobless future still appearing quite bleak, now is the time to look back over the past decade through the probing truth-telling eyes of prose fiction.

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So housing itself looks really quite bleak.

NPR: What Fed's Comments Mean for the Housing Crisis

It's quite a bleak outlook.

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