1.   Across the river on the northern side it looks no brighter than over here.

2.   Already the future looks brighter for Atlantic City.

3.   And matters did not look any brighter in spring training this year when the Dodgers ran Rafael Bournigal and Dick Schofield at him.

4.   And the future looks no brighter.

5.   And the immediate future looks no brighter.

6.   And things are looking a little brighter for spending this autumn.

7.   Andrew Conway, an analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston, said the future looks brighter than it has in the recent past.

8.   As a result, their prospects look considerably brighter than the dead-end futures the movie insists on giving them.

9.   Both sides right now are only concerned with the future, which Wednesday looked significantly brighter.