However, one bright light at the end of the tunnel, whichever way you see it?

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One bright light amid the darkness is retail sales, which rose by 17% in real terms in the year to October.

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In the small rural villages of Tanzanian, one encounters super-efficient T8 and T5 bright white light bulbs near the road, but beyond them glows a dozen wobbling orange smears of fires.

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Sadly the situation shines a light, be it a less bright one, on a much bigger issue.

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Arguments like the one over Augusta National matter, because they shine a bright light on the ingrained attitudes that should be no longer acceptable in a civilized society.

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Stepping from the Plaza into the bright light of a warm spring morning, one remained grateful to a city that inspired a writer like Fitzgerald and a work like Gatsby.

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Typically, a flash can be too bright and wash out one's subject when used in low-light or night-time settings, ruining what could have been a great image.

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"One nice thing about light is that creatures develop eyes, and it would be possible to make optical radiation bright enough to see, " says Paul Horowitz, a professor of physics at Harvard University.

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