His actions were especially heartening given his department's history of protecting the industry at the public's expense.

The mathematics figures are especially heartening due to the shortage of good maths graduates emerging from universities and the importance of this core subject in both primary and secondary education.

There was little especially heartening about Lon's scan of the fighting.

This is especially heartening during the summer when the statewide show calendar tends to thin out out.

The image of Mitch sitting in his truck when he got the call is especially heartening...

Especially heartening is the cooperation of Arab states, including radical Syria, in canceling flights to Tripoli.

It was especially heartening to see gold medals awarded to nontraditional wines and nontraditional wine-producing regions.

This is especially heartening considering how poorly the Iraqis feel the Americans handled security in the early stages.

What is especially heartening for festival officials is that capacity crowds have turned out for gymnastics, figure skating and basketball despite the fact that world-class athletes in those respective sports didn't compete.

THE RESULT in Scotland has been especially heartening.