This is the only bright spot in Microsoft, which has lost the smartphone market and is nowhere close to being ready for competition in tablets.

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The only bright spot in all this is that the huge foreign policy mistakes Obama would make as president would likely preclude any chance of his reelection, at least among a sane voting bloc.

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The bright spot in all this is that local businesspeople have found creative ways to come up with jobs, support for education and a fresh outlook on economic opportunity.

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The bright spot in all this is that local businesspeople have found creative ways to come up with jobs, support for education -- and a fresh outlook on economic opportunity: n As head of the Littleton Industrial Development Corp.

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Perhaps the only bright spot in all this is Kingdoms of Amalur itself.

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One bright spot in all this is that the E.

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This state reform trend is a rare bright spot in the current high-tax era, and it will further sharpen the contrast in economic policies between GOP reform Governors and the union-dominated high-tax models of California, Illinois, New York, Massachusetts and now Minnesota, where last week Governor Mark Dayton proposed a huge tax hike.

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That may be why this game is a rare bright spot in an otherwise lackluster market, and one of the most important ideas in video games right now.

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Wireless continues to be a bright spot in this economy and the investment being made in 4G systems is huge.

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