Sentences with phrase «rare bright spot»

At the risk of encouraging the dastardly duo to strike again, the movie does have some exceedingly rare bright spots: Crista Flanagan's Ellen Page impression is good enough to sustain a handful of scenes, and the attack by a bloodthirsty Alvin and the Chipmunks is sufficiently random to pass as inspired.

Global retailers provided a rare bright spot in an otherwise subdued sector over Christmas, and the dominance of the online model is set to grow.

Platinum launched in 2012 and has been a rare bright spot for Big Beer, grabbing $ 387 million in sales as of the end of 2012, and ranking 14th among American beer brands, according to SymphonyIRI.

An additional day's vacation comes as an rare bright spot for Heinz Kraft employees, who've endured a difficult few years.

Advisors can expect more companies to jump into this rare bright spot in the variable annuity market, experts said.

NFL's lone Navy alum, guard Mike Wahle, remains a rare bright spot on the Packers.

the whole team was shit in the first half, but Elneny was a rare bright spot with the way he shielded the defense and helped keep and recycle possession in the second half

Marcus Rashford has been a rare bright spot for Manchester United in an otherwise disappointing season.

This may appear odd considering that, of all the problems facing the UK economy, employment looks like a rare bright spot on the surface.

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

The Corning area is a rare bright spot in the Southern Tier economy, which continues to lag behind most of the state.

In a rare bright spot for global environmental news, atmospheric scientists reported in 2016 that the ozone hole that forms annually over Antarctica is beginning to heal.

Thank the cinema gods for Damien Chazelle's pink - lit La La Land, a rare bright spot in a year of gloom.

Los Angeles Unified School District represents a «rare bright spot» in hiring of minority teachers in both district and charter schools, according to a study released yesterday from the Albert Shanker Institute comparing nine urban school districts.

A rare bright spot in the world of tiger conservation: New research by the Wildlife Conservation Society's Indonesia Program and Forum HariumauKita has produced a new map of Sumatran tiger

Yesterday when I passed on the news that the Bush administration proposed three new marine monuments way out in the Pacific Ocean, I mentioned that this was a rare bright spot in an otherwise abysmal record on the environment.

Still, the Internet of Shit Things is a mixed bag, but August may be its rare bright spot.