Today, Straight Outta Compton is a reminder of brighter days in hip-hop's most notorious left-coast 'hood.

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In days of hardship, they renew our hope that brighter days are still ahead.

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We see what has in our past allowed us to not only weather rough storms but reach brighter days.

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Remember, the stock market is a discounting mechanism and as such, it looks (to me, anyway) that the market is looking ahead to brighter days.

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More proof, he says, that the company believes that brighter days lie ahead for America and that Americans will be spending more of their disposable income on candy.

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Her candidacy would have made a few days brighter for the likes of me, but would have made little difference.

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