An index compiled by jpmorgan chase finds that although economic news remains on balance worse than expected , the margin of awfulness has shrunk a bit ; the firm 's analysts have marginally trimmed the risk of " a mini-depression " .
Just think about the fairy tales themselves : cinderella , sleeping beauty , snow white-all pitted against evil , ugly old women ( read : age = awfulness ) , waiting for the prince they 've never met to fall for their beauty ( not smarts ) and rescue them from misery .
The awfulness of the tigers has enabled the government to present the war as a fight against the scourge of terrorism that must first be eliminated before a political solution can be contemplated .