This puts the needed heart surgery to correct the defects out of the question and leaves little Seth with a very grim prognosis.

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Even so, things look very grim for wind and solar.

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The next Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt Rev Justin Welby, has called the rejection a "very grim day", and the retiring Archbiship - the Most Reverend Rowan Williams - said the church had lost "credibility".

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This painted a very grim picture of the state of the US economy and has led many to speculate that a fresh round of US stimulus may be in the works which on the basis of supply and demand could weaken the USD.

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Normally, I would tell a joke, but I'm told that we have to get out of here pretty soon and I have a longer than usual talk, so you'll have to suffer the absence of any merriment here because the tidings I bring in my talk are very grim indeed.

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And then the grim realization that something was very wrong.

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In fact, he's made enough grim remarks that when Cisco reports earnings Tuesday, it will take very little good news to surprise investors.

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There have been some truly intriguing and terrific looking projects on Kickstarter lately, but as excited as I am about Grim Dawn and Project Eternity, Sui Generis sounds like a game cobbled together from my very own wish-list.

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