Wendell cited some recent statistics that would sort of cast a cloud over that view.
Mr Kawakami's worries over status may have cast a cloud over a career that in every other way was extraordinarily successful.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao said Thursday the bombing had cast a cloud over the WTO talks, but China still wanted to join.
While Britain's wettest June in more than a century may have cast a cloud over the final preparations for the Games, forecasters say the weather is now set to brighten.
The Times reckons the furore will send shockwaves "far beyond the confines of the courtroom" and the Guardian says it will cast a cloud over the IMF role in tackling the eurozone debt crisis.
The 68-year-old hedge fund manager is shutting down Pequot Capital amid a lingering investigation into insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission that has "cast a cloud" over the operation.
"The 16 January kidnapping and murder of foreign oil workers at the In Amenas gas field has cast a dark cloud over the outlook for the country's energy sector, " it said.
By depriving the voters of a free choice, Mexico's politicians have cast a cloud of uncertainty over democracy and a question over their country's hard-won economic stability.
ECONOMIST: A big step backward for a still-uncertain democracy
Bertarelli's post-victory maneuvers have cast a cloud of ill will over the event, which this year offered the most exciting and closely fought races ever.
Goldman Sachs reckons that FCPA violations typically cast a three-year cloud over a company under investigation, and that the overall cost can reach 9% of profits before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation over that period.
Just as Major League Baseball is moving to shake off its steroid cloud under the warmth of spring-training sun, one of its biggest former stars continues to cast a shadow over the sport.
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