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Look back from shortly before the president launched his campaign to now, the accuracy rate of pundits’ negative predictions about him or his strategies is dismal, our MO, by contrast, has aged well: Tune out the noise, do the work, deliver; and remember that the president knows the American people and they know him. – White House	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Sending people to another country -- let alone one with such a dismal human rights record -- for asylum' processing' is the very height of irresponsibility and shows how far removed from humanity and reality the Government now is on asylum issues. – Migrant Rights Director Steve Valdez-Symonds	Found on CNN 2 years ago
When you look back to where we were in March and how dismal things looked, it's incredible how strong the year ended. – Michelle Krebs	Found on CNN 3 years ago
It's not economic uncertainty we should be worried about rather its the doom and gloom economic realities that the key forward-looking manufacturing PMI's are telling us about the dismal health of this rapidly deteriorating global macro environment. – Stephen Innes	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The situation in the country has deteriorated, the financial state is dismal. A Yemeni national barely keeps himself going. – Mourad Jamal	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
With the EU referendum on a knife-edge, the market is right to look elsewhere for direction. Some of this came from Yellen, who reinforced (the) message that the Fed will slow the pace of rate hikes if the U.S. economy posts another dismal jobs report for June. – Kathleen Brooks	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Although the Remain camp has managed to stem the recent wave of support for the Brexiteers, the outcome is still very much uncertain and trading is likely to be sporadic and volumes thin in the next two sessions, with the EU referendum on a knife-edge, the market is right to look elsewhere for direction. Some of this came from Yellen, who reinforced (the) message that the Fed will slow the pace of rate hikes if the U.S. economy posts another dismal jobs report for June. – Kathleen Brooks	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Export data from Singapore as well as the region confirm persistent cyclical and structural pressures on Asian trade, should the dismal export print persist or worsen, it will raise the odds of downside risks to Singapore's growth and put an October MAS easing into view, though that's not our base case at this juncture. – Weiwen Ng	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The final quarter of the year is looking rather dismal for the Canadian economy, the wider backdrop of falling oil prices and renewed caution among businesses investing in the oil sands suggests the risk of an extended slowdown heading into Q1 remains significant. – David Tulk	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
there has never been a moment in one's life when one might not have stumbled upon this strange reality: what am I doing, where am I so hurriedly running, what is my objective, this whole world is a rat race and I'm going no where, with out any goal, isn't it?. this thought comes to me very often. alas! what to do, don't know what and where to knock the door and experience reality. no sooner that I try, I'm again fallen into the dismal depths of abyss, into the worldly affairs” – Ramana Pemmaraju	added by anonymous 8 years ago
Nothing that Amos Yee said or posted should ever have been considered criminal -- much less merit incarceration, the dismal state of Singapore's respect for free expression can be seen in the decision to impose the criminal justice system on outspoken 16-year-olds. – Phil Robertson	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Not a single public service message was sent out by the government regarding this heat wave, if Sameer's now-dead children would have made it to the largest government-run hospital in the city, they would still not have survived because of the dismal lack of facilities to deal with an illness as basic as a heatstroke. – Jibran Nasir	Found on CNN 8 years ago
One of the biggest questions about Charter and Time Warner Cable is whether the deal is in the public interest. Frankly, we're skeptical, prices for cable and broadband continue to go up, and customer service is dismal. – Delara Derakhshani	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Panicked over his dismal reelection prospects, it appears that no bloc of Illinois voters is safe from the over-the-top and offensive rhetoric that seems to spew weekly from Mark Kirk's mouth. – Sadie Weiner	Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's looking pretty dismal over much of the West, but there are some areas where we're OK. – Mike Strobel	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Countrywide's fraud is borne out by the transactions' dismal performance. – Ambac Financial Group Inc.	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The past weekend will not save this holiday season, but combined with online sales, it would certainly save the year from being a dismal one. – Craig Johnson	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life. – Henry Van Dyke	added by anonymous 13 years ago

Look back from shortly before the president launched his campaign to now, the accuracy rate of pundits’ negative predictions about him or his strategies is dismal, our MO, by contrast, has aged well: Tune out the noise, do the work, deliver; and remember that the president knows the American people and they know him.

– White House

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Sending people to another country -- let alone one with such a dismal human rights record -- for asylum' processing' is the very height of irresponsibility and shows how far removed from humanity and reality the Government now is on asylum issues.

– Migrant Rights Director Steve Valdez-Symonds

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When you look back to where we were in March and how dismal things looked, it's incredible how strong the year ended.

– Michelle Krebs

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It's not economic uncertainty we should be worried about rather its the doom and gloom economic realities that the key forward-looking manufacturing PMI's are telling us about the dismal health of this rapidly deteriorating global macro environment.

– Stephen Innes

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The situation in the country has deteriorated, the financial state is dismal. A Yemeni national barely keeps himself going.

– Mourad Jamal

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

With the EU referendum on a knife-edge, the market is right to look elsewhere for direction. Some of this came from Yellen, who reinforced (the) message that the Fed will slow the pace of rate hikes if the U.S. economy posts another dismal jobs report for June.

– Kathleen Brooks

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Although the Remain camp has managed to stem the recent wave of support for the Brexiteers, the outcome is still very much uncertain and trading is likely to be sporadic and volumes thin in the next two sessions, with the EU referendum on a knife-edge, the market is right to look elsewhere for direction. Some of this came from Yellen, who reinforced (the) message that the Fed will slow the pace of rate hikes if the U.S. economy posts another dismal jobs report for June.

– Kathleen Brooks

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Export data from Singapore as well as the region confirm persistent cyclical and structural pressures on Asian trade, should the dismal export print persist or worsen, it will raise the odds of downside risks to Singapore's growth and put an October MAS easing into view, though that's not our base case at this juncture.

– Weiwen Ng

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The final quarter of the year is looking rather dismal for the Canadian economy, the wider backdrop of falling oil prices and renewed caution among businesses investing in the oil sands suggests the risk of an extended slowdown heading into Q1 remains significant.

– David Tulk

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

there has never been a moment in one's life when one might not have stumbled upon this strange reality: what am I doing, where am I so hurriedly running, what is my objective, this whole world is a rat race and I'm going no where, with out any goal, isn't it?. this thought comes to me very often. alas! what to do, don't know what and where to knock the door and experience reality. no sooner that I try, I'm again fallen into the dismal depths of abyss, into the worldly affairs”

– Ramana Pemmaraju

added by anonymous
8 years ago

Nothing that Amos Yee said or posted should ever have been considered criminal -- much less merit incarceration, the dismal state of Singapore's respect for free expression can be seen in the decision to impose the criminal justice system on outspoken 16-year-olds.

– Phil Robertson

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Not a single public service message was sent out by the government regarding this heat wave, if Sameer's now-dead children would have made it to the largest government-run hospital in the city, they would still not have survived because of the dismal lack of facilities to deal with an illness as basic as a heatstroke.

– Jibran Nasir

Found on CNN
8 years ago

One of the biggest questions about Charter and Time Warner Cable is whether the deal is in the public interest. Frankly, we're skeptical, prices for cable and broadband continue to go up, and customer service is dismal.

– Delara Derakhshani

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Panicked over his dismal reelection prospects, it appears that no bloc of Illinois voters is safe from the over-the-top and offensive rhetoric that seems to spew weekly from Mark Kirk's mouth.

– Sadie Weiner

Found on CNN
9 years ago

It's looking pretty dismal over much of the West, but there are some areas where we're OK.

– Mike Strobel

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Countrywide's fraud is borne out by the transactions' dismal performance.

– Ambac Financial Group Inc.

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The past weekend will not save this holiday season, but combined with online sales, it would certainly save the year from being a dismal one.

– Craig Johnson

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.

– Henry Van Dyke

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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