Sentences with phrase «bright spots in»

Keep in mind that there are still a few bright spots in the new AAdvantage award chart, so don't rush to book if your desired redemption isn't jumping in price.

Trucks and sport / utility vehicles accounted for two of the few bright spots in the auto industry in 1991.

I remember an auto writer once saying that some of the most memorable vehicles are those that are not the best, but can show some bright spots in a difficult situation.

Even with the depleted minivan market — Ford and General Motors are officially out of the minivan business, which no one would have predicted a decade ago — it remains one of the few bright spots in the Dodge and Chrysler lineup.

After a week with the Soul, I'm more convinced than before that it will be one of the handful of bright spots in this dark market.

There were few bright spots in this...

Mitsubishi's presence in the U.S. may be small, but its two crossovers, the 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander and the 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport are the sole bright spots in the lineup with relatively strong sales lately.

It's one of the few bright spots in the Lincoln lineup, with a small sales increase in 2013 compared with 2012 that helped combat sliding sales of models like the MKS and MKT.

Supporting this work was data from a survey of 195 central office leaders that revealed some of the blind spots and bright spots in central office work.

On August 14, 2013, the CT Mirror reported that, «Malloy pointed out, however, that there were some bright spots in the [CMT] test results, namely significant improvement in scores at low - performing «alliance» districts.»

There were some bright spots in community partnership during the innovation zone process.

The report found that, while there were bright spots in individual schools, the district by - and - large was not providing the excellent education Aurora students deserve.

Despite these negative findings, there are some bright spots in the report, and the charter sector in Ohio should take note and follow the lead of the high performers.

Her expertise in strategic evaluations and planning enabled the district to understand and appreciate bright spots in innovative practices and efforts towards evolving personalized learning into business as usual.

STEP is a professional learning community model that takes a systemic approach to finding the bright spots in a school site and then replicating them.

Reporters» Notebook Lessons from Our Nation's Schools reveals bright spots in a school system that faces overwhelming challenges.

Still, some experts were able to point to bright spots in the test results.

Instead of just filling budget holes as it did elsewhere, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed by Congress last February offered Arkansas — one of the few bright spots in a dismal national landscape for K - 12 spending — a rare opportunity...

So next year, I will look for all the shiny bright spots in our public schools and I will do what I can to make them visible (including documenting my discoveries on this blog) and I will guide principals and teachers to do the same.

Florida has been hailed as one of the nation's bright spots in the use of longitudinal data, with a history of building an information - rich «data warehouse» that connects K - 12, postsecondary, and workforce information.

In of the few bright spots in this otherwise unoriginal approach to the absurdities of the film biz, Devine eagerly shows Schats what he's found to stand in for the wild west.

Lawrence is one of many bright spots in this film, which achieved the rare feat of getting Oscar nominations in all four acting categories.

There were some bright spots in the film though.

As it turns out, Jackson knows her way around a courtroom, too, just as Seyfried (who was one of the few bright spots in «A Million Ways to Die in the West») cheerfully fields whatever new humiliation (including a running bit about her resemblance to Gollum) MacFarlane lobs her way.

Stuff like Full House, snap bracelets and tonsillitis all are bright spots in our collective memories.

One of the few bright spots in his life is Mary (Amanda Seyfried), a First Reformed parishioner who pleads with him to counsel her troubled husband, Michael (Philip Ettinger).

But these are bright spots in a film that's just a couple of notches above an off - brand «SNL» time - waster.

Last year, the actor played supporting Vampire hunter Henry Sturges in the genre - bending novel adaptation Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - one of the bright spots in a film that fell short of finding the same success as its source material.

Ms. Marvel is one of the few bright spots in the current day Marvel Comics universe.

There aren't many bright spots in Lovelace, although one is Amanda Seyfried's intoxicating smile, and another is the retinal insult delivered by a 16 mm projector flaring out at the audience during the movie's opening moments, and which feels like an accusation.

It goes without saying that Farrell is one of the few bright spots in the film, and his ample charisma makes it easy for the audience to believe that thousands of men would've followed Alexander into battle (despite the seemingly insurmountable odds).

One of the bright spots in the darkness that is Alzheimer's disease is that these struggling, atrophied neurons can still metabolize ketones!

This decline is among the many bright spots in the World AIDS Day 2017 fact sheet UNAIDS.

The best view so far of the odd bright spots in Occator crater, now thought to be salt deposits.

Bright spots in the map include the Crab Nebula, which hosts a radiation - spewing stellar corpse called a pulsar, and several blazars, violent active galaxies where colossal black holes accelerate particles to more than 99 % the speed of light.

FORTIS sent down a stream of information about the light from bright spots in the spiral arms of the galaxy being fed by gas flowing in from the surrounding circumgalactic medium.

Bright spots in the search for life There is less controversy over what De Sanctis and her colleagues did not see in their study of the dwarf world's entire surface: water.

Research into curious bright spots in the eyes on stroke patients» brain images could one day alter the way these individuals are assessed and treated.

One of the bright spots in the recent history of the city of Syracuse has been the redevelopment of parts of the city's downtown area.

Panepinto won — with a heavy assist from NYSUT — and was one of the few bright spots in an otherwise dismal showing by the Democrats last fall.

Panepinto's victory was one of the rare bright spots in an otherwise dismal election showing for the Senate Democrats.

As we edge closer to the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, one of the few bright spots in the last decade has been the re-emergence of Lower Manhattan.

Flavored milk is one of the few bright spots in this otherwise dismal picture.

Thank you for one of the bright spots in our family vacation!

But Immobile's moment of brilliance — with the help of an equally impressive assist from central defender Matteo Bianchetti — was one of the few bright spots in Italy's 4 - 2 loss to Spain in the championship game on Tuesday, a disappointing end to the Azzurrini's tournament run.

However, the eye test would tell you that he's an important part of the team, and one of the few bright spots in the lineup since he came over from Middlesbrough.

Ramsey and Mustafi looked brilliant this entire game, and were the bright spots in any otherwise lifeless half.

One of the few bright spots in the New York Islanders» extremely disappointing season was their top line LW Anders Lee scoring 40 goals.

There were not too many bright spots in this one for Team Radist, but there is no time to dwell for these guys as they still find themselves right in the playoff race and volleyball may just be the sport to elevate these guys.

At least our right back Carl Jenkinson played every minute for the England under 21 side and he was one of the few bright spots in England's latest tournament failure.