And for the first time since ExxonMobil ended its support in 2004, the financing prospects have brightened, as well.
Without an event horizon, he said, the blobs of gas would have brightened as they crashed onto the surface of the accreting body.
New Paths to Victory Democrats' prospects have brightened as they improve their competitiveness in the South, where religious, military and anti-tax conservatives have been a bedrock of support for the Republican Party since the Nixon administration.
As his writing has turned ever sketchier, leaping with a seemingly effortless rapidity to the disturbed heart of the story, his direction has brightened and turned brisk and clear — as if the oil paint's impasto had loosened to a translucent wash.
The view from the Federal Reserve's art deco columns has brightened, if only a little, as the week brought a more self-assured attitude from its officials and a less-dour tone from its Beige Book.
Lately, Mr. Bush's approval ratings have been falling even as the economic news has brightened.
In general, the mood about the playing conditions has improved in the past few days as the weather forecast has brightened.
STOCKS have given up much of the gains made in the recovery from the March low, even as the economic outlook has brightened.
The pain of the long-term unemployed has persisted even as the overall jobs picture has brightened a bit and the unemployment rate has fallen to 7.8 percent.
