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it ' s been extremely heartening to me in my gerontology career how rarely this argument has been used against me , even out of my hearing.

On another front, it's also heartening to see that the budget projects $645 billion in revenues from the sale of emission allowances.

In the meantime, it is heartening to see some of this capital-markets activity coming out of the shadows.

Training for this swim has filled me with the heartening, empowering conviction that it's never too late to chase your dream.

It is heartening for us to see more of you opening up to the truth each day.

I would say that this is heartening news, especially to those who know what depression is all about firsthand.

One thing is sure: if you give it a chance, Campbell returning to Arsenal is actually quite heartening.

The IMF does offer a bit of more heartening news: The global wipeout , finally seems to be receding.

It is heartening to see that some corporations have already volunteered to disclose calorie counts.

If you think about it, it's heartening to realize that you can't easily influence your mood by a bagel or banana.

The response, she said, had been more than heartening.

For the infant nation, victory in the war and for the republican principle came as a heartening overture.

Yes, but even in such a bleak landscape, the heartening, warming sun-yellow of the forsythia, broom and daffodils lived on.

Then, even though you were to lose all you have overnight, you would be sure of heartening support from bona fide friends.

The speed of your growth and your persistence in Change has been a heartening thing for us to witness!

In any case, California is not imploding, which ought to be heartening to Americans regardless of ideology or geography.

We still seem to make remarkably good decisions without consciously thinking, which is heartening in itself.

The sun lost its heartening power and the sky became grey and sombre .

So, in a rare heartening sign, this goal at least appears feasible.

Indeed, despite their errors, this attitude bodes well for the future, and is a heartening sign of a focus on human prosperity.

If you begin again in earnest the moment the month begins, you should see heartening progress and eventually be successful this time!

But though the Kid's moral maturation is heartening, his personality remains largely a cipher, as anonymous as his lack of a name.

Amid the turmoil of the Arab spring, Turkey offers a heartening example of a secular democracy in the Muslim world.

In this light, it is heartening to see our students stepping forth as agents of change.

It is heartening to see the Grand Canal and the Molo crowded with working boats and festive barques.

One of the most heartening discoveries from the recent geologic studies is that the Amazon flora and fauna are amazingly resilient.

The most heartening aspect of the recent scandals may be that so many were revealed by officers who exposed rogues within their own ranks.

Even Mr Beshear's victory is not as heartening for Democrats as it appears.

This should prove heartening to other Arab countries infected by this year's raging anti-authoritarian virus.

The heartening news spread all over immediately.

As heartening as the win was, Wenger realizes it will be hard to get to the top and harder to stay there.

A return to Aceh today is a heartening experience. Billions of dollars in reconstruction funds have poured into the province, and it shows.

It's about what you say and what you mean, maybe hurtful, maybe heartening.

AFTER a heartening spring for Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime minister, summer is looking rotten.

State tourism minister Kaukab Hamid described the ruling as "heartening" .

The decision is heartening not just because the charges against her were baseless and Ms Saberi should never have found herself in jail.

Heartening reports of victories are pouring in.

What is most heartening is that the Kurdish initiative is not merely about responding to European Union pressure: it is a home-grown affair.

It was very revealing, very heartening and even humorous at times.

THE news from India's 2011 census is almost all heartening.

The Spurs likely won't be asked to play on consecutive nights in the playoffs, but they didn't find that news heartening or even relevant.

Friedman's story is heartening, but it can come unstuck in two ways.

The numbers tell a heartening tale.

Which is heartening news, save two problems.

He added that the reaction from other developing countries had been heartening.

In 2006, for example, the education department brought out poor primary-school test results on the same day as more heartening GCSE ones.

The release of Roxana Saberi hints at a heartening thaw in US-Iran relations

THE news from India's 2011 census is almost all heartening. Literacy is up;

If you have a failure of investors, now it is heartening to learn that there are many people in the world with you;