41. Both women have married in unpromising circumstances, as love is a luxury neither can afford. 42. This too was unpromising , so he set back to Ass? arriving on 12 August. 43. Certainly, the Royal Lao Army's rout at Nam Tha was an unpromising precedent. 44. Still, if BankAmerica finds consumer loans such an unpromising business, why did Travelers buy it? 45. We can hope that Greek-Americans can prevail on Athens to avoid such an unpromising alignment. 46. In the meantime, what are we to make of these unpromising months left at the Kingdome? 47. That showed how unpromising were Bouchard's chances of ever becoming father of an independent Quebec. 48. Wearing latex gloves and carrying a bucket, he poked around unpromising -looking mounds of dirt. 49. Some, from unpromising luge backgrounds like Shiva Keshavan of India, have developed into respectable performers. 50. Bush's chesty bluster worsened an already dicey situation and more of the same seems unpromising .