Independent Insurance, set up by the mercurial Michael Bright in 1987, seemed to do well when its competitors did not.

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From his Manhattan office on the fringes of Times Square, Michael Hong can see a future in bright lights.

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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg kept his job and that is seen as a rare bright spot for Republicans who lost in other high-profile contests yesterday.

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We believe, as apparently does Michael Dell and his partner Silver Lake, that the future of Dell is bright.

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But the colours are not as bright as on other types of screens, and the company's research manager Michael Banach acknowledges the technology at the moment is most likely to be used as a back-up screen which kicks in when batteries run low, rather than the main display.

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Back in February, Pacquiao adviser Michael Koncz sparked some controversy when he told Yahoo Sports that his fighter would likely eschew the bright lights of Vegas for his next bout due to the rising top U.S. tax rate, which increased from 35 percent to 39.6 percent on January 1, 2013.

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When Jason asked questions about Michael's changing face in the videos, I showed him the beautiful brown-skinned, bright-eyed little boy who grew up in my family's living room.

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