The fortunes of one village, however, have brightened considerably over the last 30 years.
Their eyes brightened momentarily, then the man gestured toward a wooden staircase that led to my bedroom.
He brightened the lives of all of us, and words cannot describe the loss we feel.
He looked puzzled, as if her question were terribly personal and inappropriate, then his face brightened.
The sun brightened the glacier, turning a rock wall into a brilliant orange canvas.
Empty spaces are brightened up with murals to make them look more appealing to prospective businesses.
His eyes brightened at a plan to install the world's largest petting zoo in Prospect Park.
At the airport check-in counter, a clerk brightened at the sight of my American passport.
Yet while the past four years have been extremely dreary, the future has brightened a little.
Eggplant, olives and tomatoes, generally brightened with rosemary, oregano and mint, found their way into most every dish.
Natural gas fields discovered off Israel's coast during the past two years have brightened Israel's energy security outlook.
Relations with the Arabs at large brightened after the Oslo agreement between Israel and the Palestinians in 1993.
His sharp but sympathetic wit is present throughout, and scene after scene is brightened by unexpected, comic detail.
Roosten brightened and sent a relieved half wave in the direction of the whoop and someone else pity-whooped him.
Flakes continued to fall throughout the night after tapering off from the snow-globe-like flurries that brightened up batting practice.
But, after a terrible year, the outlook brightened in its latest figures which showed a modest return to profit.
Now, under Carl-Henric Svanberg, a leader from outside telecom but not outside the tight Swedish business elite, the prospects have brightened.
The Coliseum has been brightened, somewhat, by colorful banners outside and new signage inside, but it is as outmoded as ever.
It can't just have been the gossip stuff, although his marriage, at 51, to a 22-year-old brightened a million television screens.
The Ciragan has also brightened the decor of its excellent Turkish restaurant, Tugra, which deserved a setting on par with its food.
Prospects have also brightened because sterling has weakened over the past three months and the outlook for the global economy has improved.
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The brightened landscape led Caterpillar to up its outlook, lifting both its sales and earnings forecast for the rest of the year.
The jobs picture brightened considerably with monthly new job creations almost doubling.
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Despite these challenges, the device's prospects have recently brightened, Dr. Muller says.
After promising them that they would indeed see her later in the day when she arrived with Schams from Jeddah, their faces brightened.
Within a few months, the prospects for the legislation brightened and it became more likely that some form of the investment credit would be approved.
As Mrs Merkel's star has waned, so that of Edmund Stoiber, leader of the Christian Social Union, the Christian Democrats' Bavarian sister party, has brightened.
The good news, as we predicted: Investors have brightened on Xerox.
Though the election prospects have brightened, the financial mess gets worse.
Wearing a baggy, navy corduroy suit brightened by a turquoise Little Bear tie, Hirsh, 51, is holding court in his cinder-block-walled office in a former munitions factory in Toronto.
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