Small-business owners agree and see a dim future for the near-term economy.

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In Virginia, his favorable rating is twenty-seven per cent, a fact that makes a statewide run for office in the near future a dim prospect.

NEWYORKER: The House of Pain

Speaking to the Security and Defence Agenda conference on Friday, he said Nato could face a dim if not dismal future.

BBC: Robert Gates on Nato's dim future

After the parting shots by Robert Gates, the US Defence Secretary, predicting a "dim and dismal" future for Nato if the other members of the alliance do not do more to defend their interests, it is apparent that extending the "Libyan model" of intervention elsewhere in the troubled region would be extremely hard.

BBC: UN Syria failure shows declining power of the West

But in every episode, no matter how bright or dim their future as a band looks, Bret and Jemaine always have a song to sing that goes along with what they are facing.

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As a continental trade port, admittedly, its future is dim: Chilean shippers say that they handle little traffic between Asia and Argentina or Brazil, and there has been only slow progress on building the road and rail links across the continent that could extend the hinterland of Chilean ports.

ECONOMIST: The APEC summit is a chance for Chile to prove itself

Its lawlessness, social turmoil and ethnic violence horrified Indonesians, as much for the ferocity as for the dim fear that Medan might be a hint of the country's near future.

CNN: MEDAN'S MADNESS

Many want Nato's future to be - perhaps not dim - but toned down into a defensive alliance, rather than a bright force in the world, lighting up the night sky over the Middle East.

BBC: Robert Gates on Nato's dim future