1.   When the shutters had been opened wider to let in the bright midday light she helped Luce to the bathroom.

2.   She had an aide close her living room curtains to block the bright midday light.

3.   In Ottawa, tens of thousands of Canadians gathered under bright midday sunshine for a nationwide ceremony attended by Prime Minister Jean Chretien and U.S. Ambassador Paul Cellucci.

4.   One fumbled with his aviator-style sunglasses, his missing arm replaced by a bright red string that glared in the bright midday sunshine.