| Hearteningly, in villages such as Tochikubo a small flame of private enterprise is being lit. |
| After this meeting, there were private discussions with some guesthouse owners and, hearteningly, some non-aligned farmers. |
| South-East Asia, in short, is becoming hearteningly staid. For several years after 1997, the fallout from the crisis dominated public life. |
| Best of all, the oil sands are in Canada, a hearteningly moderate and stable country. So the oil majors are piling in. |
| Hearteningly, traffic laws and roadways saw signs of adaptation, with cities such as Copenhagen installing traffic lights intended to make passage by cycle easier and many other urban centres pushing for lowered speed limits. |
| Less hearteningly, he has been spat on three times for being a Republican. |
