Sentences with phrase «only bright spots»

After leading the economy into the Great Recession, housing progress is finally considered one of the only bright spots in a slow economic recovery.

The only bright spots were the easy - to - reach location and the fact that in S mode, the computer will hold the gear until redline.

The only bright spots for a solo player are Taxi and Gamer.

The only bright spots were my interactions with my incredible customers — I'd work with them to make food and lifestyle choices that fit their needs, and in these moments I felt alive.

Is there anything wrong with immortalizing only the bright spots, permitting the darker stuff to fade out of view — and maybe out of memory?

His only bright spots was his home base of Erie & Niagara Counties and the REALLY pathetic campaign of Rick Lazio, which resulted in Paladino'd primary victory.

The only bright spots were Pitcher Mike Caldwell, who won his 13th, and Gorman Thomas, whose four homers brought his season total to 23, tying him with teammate Larry Hisle and California's Don Baylor for second in the American League behind Boston's Jim Rice.

The latest GDP figures showed retail sales, driven largely by sales of vehicles and parts, remain one of the only bright spots in the Canadian economy.

As the holiday shopping season kicks off — and merchants brace for another lean year — a small group of online entrepreneurs is setting up shop around one of retail's only bright spots: The gift card.

Incidentally, Australia was the only bright spot in McDonald's Asia / Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) same - store sales, which dropped 4 percent despite Australia's positive performance.

ADP Payroll data was just about the only bright spot on the calendar this week and came in at 241K.

Business was down by nearly every metric, the only bright spot being control over costs, but this was largely expected.

The only bright spot was that there was no evidence of my mortification — no cameras, no video — and I simply slunk off with my tail between my legs.

The only bright spot was in television.

Shade's even - par 72 was the only bright spot for the British, and his 68 on the final day enabled him to win the individual trophy, but Bonallack's injury and Townsend's wildness ended the British chances.

Henderson has been practically the only bright spot in what has been a long season for Martin.

Josef Newgarden surviving a scary crash in the Firestone 600 was only bright spot of IndyCar's lost Texas weekend.

About the only bright spot forthe Demon Deacons (3 — 1, 1 — 0) was punter - placekicker Sam Swank, who leadsDivision I - A with 13 field goal attempts and is tied for first with 10 makes; he pinned the Midshipmen inside their own five - yard line on three of his fourpunts.

The only bright spot is Holding at 22, not youth and not an Arsenal youth product.

Only bright spot was fa cup amg the home game against chelsea.

The ONLY bright spot has been Autry, cuz at least when he's not getting to the QB he steps back & puts his hands up to bat down balls.

Even with Arsenal fielding a virtual reserve side we (City) were taught a footballing lesson that night, the only bright spot being a cracking injury time consolation goal scored by Robbie Fowler.

The only bright spot is that it signals non-league football day.

Both goals came in the final five minutes of the first half, but that was about the only bright spot.

What followed was Milan's light - bulb moment, the seasons only bright spot to that point had been the goals of primavera graduate Patrick Curtone and it was Cutrogol that popped up with an extra-time winner in the derby to ignite his team's season.

That was key in the amazing second half performance at Camp Nou, the only bright spot in the last four bad games.

The only bright spot was Bobby Scott's amendment to change the bill's title to the «Hunger Games Act of 2016.»

Ghana's Janet Amponsah was the only bright spot for Ghana during the women's 200m event began at Hampden Park in the Commonwealth Games.

The only bright spot for Democrats: Rep. Mike McIntyre's race remained too close for the Associated Press to call as of 10:10 p.m.

«The only bright spot for the U.S. vehicle export market was in exports to China,» the Commerce report says.

There were days when it was the only bright spot.

He takes annoyingly stupid to new heights and he takes an otherwise forgettable role and makes it pretty much the only bright spot in this otherwise bland movie.

McConaughey's laconic poise is the only bright spot for this dismal, brutal noir.

Band of Misfits Rated PG for mild action, rude humor and some language Available on DVD, Blu - ray and Blu - ray 3D From Aardman Animation, the British animation house responsible for Arthur Christmas and Wallace & Gromit, comes the only bright spot so far in this year's crop of mediocre animated features.

The only bright spot therein was his co-lead role in Guy Ritchie's remake of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. in 2015.

He's not the only bright spot in the cast.

The only bright spot in Ray's life is the love of a not - so - good woman, «Nikki Swango» (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), one of his parolees.

She is, by his own admission, the only bright spot in Poe's dreary life.

David Oyelowo is a very good actor, and he is the only bright spot in this inconsistent wreck.

In Hotel Rwanda, the lens focuses on what may be the only bright spot in this debacle: The efforts of hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina (Don Cheadle)-- who is identified as a Hutu himself — to save over 1,200 people from the murdering machetes of the Hutu militia.

It did grow slightly from 12.1 percent in 2007 to 12.4 percent in 2008, but that was the only bright spot in some time for organized labor.

Dodge -19 % Challenger (+36 %) was the only bright spot among grim stats for the Avenger -LRB--31 %), Caravan -LRB--32 %), and Caliber -LRB--12 %).

The only bright spot in the car lineup was the redesigned A5, which grew its sales to 2,243 units from year - ago, when the old model was being phased out.

For Volvo, the only bright spot was the C30.

The only bright spot in the Outlander Sport's electronics was the Rockford Fosgate sound system, Mitsubishi's premium audio supplier.

The only bright spot among the electronics comes from the Naim audio system, a true hi - fi piece of equipment.

Possibly the only bright spot for a few years at Acura has been their crossover lineup.

Note that Amazon's Kindle Fire, which had been the only bright spot in the Android world, had a highly modified and tied down version of the Android OS.

Without increases in real wages or asset prices to drive consumer spending growth, and business profits damped by high input prices, the only bright spot I can envisage will be the US export sector, which benefits from a weak US dollar.

The only bright spot is that students are more willing to learn about money management.