41.   Ask Michelle Barnes what her future would look like without the casinos here and she can not even imagine.

42.   As the off-season dawns, the future looks bleak for the Houston Rockets in the wake of their first-round playoff loss to Utah.

43.   As things now seem worse, the future is looking better.

44.   At least in the case of Coca-Cola, most Americans believe the future looks promising.

45.   At the beginning, the future of DSL looked not just rosy, but irresistible.

46.   Back in spring training, the future looked bright for Mark Whiten and Dave Hollins.

47.   After drafting Grant Hill two years ago, the future looks brighter.

48.   After missing the playoffs the past two years, the future did not look bright.

49.   But Beanie futures do not look bright, according to a former big-time buyer in Liberty.

50.   But after the plunge into a bear market, it will be harder to convince investors that the future looks bright.