If we can offer a ray of sunshine here, MSI did get the overall shape right.

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There's a potential ray of sunshine, however, as Google has reportedly confirmed to Matrix One that refunds are going out to affected shoppers.

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My experience made me pessimistic in that regard, but I recently discovered a ray of sunshine and hope that I will get to shortly.

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In a statement released on Monday, Owen's parents Joanne and Neil said their son was "a bundle of joy - our little ray of sunshine".

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Wenger's side looked weary on a rain-soaked afternoon at Highbury with the only ray of sunshine coming from Robson once the final whistle had sounded.

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Yet a ray of sunshine is breaking through the storm clouds.

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You can regard all this as laying it on a bit thick - nobody ever mistook Mr Cable for a ray of sunshine - or unvarnished economic realism.

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Obama will welcome any ray of sunshine at the moment.

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The family of a man who died after he was hit by a train following an altercation at a station have spoken of the loss of their "ray of sunshine".

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One ray of sunshine to end on though.

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Ray Of Judicial Sunshine One area in which the courts may finally be coming to their senses is term limits.

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