However, the bulbs have still found it difficult to shake off that reputation for giving out a dim, cold, white light.
European investors are taking a bigger bite out of dim-sum bonds, giving a fillip to the swelling offshore market in China's currency.
If you look away, the screen will time out and go dim as usual.
Even against a slowing world economy, Italy stands out for its dim prospects.
They take a really dim view of someone starting out to learn the craft at 22, but they're nice guys.
Yet what is the Apple story today was the AOL story before and is a drama that has played out back into the dim history of stocks and shares.
In an otherwise dim economic picture, small business stands out as a bright spot.
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Sitting in penny loafers and a gray suit in the Bowery Mission's dank dining hall, with its crumbling linoleum and dim fluorescent lights, Morgan looks a little out of place.
We are too dim-witted to understand that taxpayers often seek out tax preparers because they have rental properties and become subject to the Cost Recovery, Passive Loss and At-Risk Rules.
Tin Lung Heen, its Cantonese restaurant, which recently gained its second Michelin star under chef de cuisine Paul Lau, churns out 700-1, 400 pieces of dim sum a day, ranging from simple vegetarian mushroom to a gourmet house specialty of roast goose with abalone.
But Usain Bolt takes such a dim view of British taxation that two years ago he pulled out of the Aviva London Grand Prix and competed in Paris instead.
On the way out, I glanced through an open doorway, into a dim cafeteria with yellow brick walls.
On Wednesday, Verizon's Seidenberg eviscerated Qwest's efforts in a letter to MCI's board, pointing out Qwest's "junk" debt, "dim" prospects and "desperate" behavior.
While we understand and appreciate the simplicity, the combination of relatively dim LEDs and the glossy design made it a bit difficult to make out direction under the harsh lights of the Fujitsu booth -- we can only imagine things would only get worse under a glaring mid-day sun.
The judge took an equally dim view of other evidence presented by McDonald's, and threw its case out.
As the song stops, abruptly, and the lights grow dim and dusty, and some fat guy, in long shot, ushers them out of their pod, it feels like the end of the world.
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