But there is a shining beacon of hope in this scenario: the other 15 metros.
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Experiences like this are found at Feynan, a shining star among the green lodges worldwide.
And I think obviously Ghana is a shining example on the continent for that.
Hank Williams Jr. has been a shining example of how football transcends race, culture and class.
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Residents in North Carolina have embraced a shining example of this new system.
Through actions in the game, players strive to become a shining example of good for the population.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development does not exactly have a shining record as a forecaster.
Toss in those considerable network speeds and default access to Internet Sharing and, suddenly, it's a shining star.
After the March 22 coup, Mali, long a shining example of democracy and stability in Africa, plunged into crisis.
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Mali had been hailed as a shining example of African democracy, having experienced more than 20 years of democratic government.
This is a shining ideal of the original Progressive Era in which government agencies were rife with patronage and graft.
From Bhavarlal's meditation spot, the 1, 000-acre complex of Jain Hills itself appears a shining advertisement for what micro-irrigation can achieve.
After the March 22 coup, Mali, long a shining example of democracy and stability in Africa, was plunged into crisis.
Gregory is a fine archer, a fine horseman, a shining star in the tilt yard, and his manners cannot be faulted.
If Finland is a shining example of how to do public education right, then America is fast becoming a cautionary tale.
No matter the faith or the occupation, there is nothing wrong with emerging from darkness and becoming a shining bright light.
If you don't want to build a shining empire of toddler towns, a la Bright Horizons Family Solutions in Watertown, Mass.
But to others the system represents a shining exception to what Brazilians call panelinha, the habit of giving preference to one's connections.
Sure, Deus Ex was a shining beacon of level design and plot arguably not matched to this day (though prequel Human Revolution came close).
Sadly, South Africa, the conference's host, is a shining bad example.
It will lead the way for the world, set a standard we can be proud of that will be a shining light for people to follow.
The city, once known for shuttered steel mills and thousands of lost jobs, is now held up as a shining example for ways to weather a recession.
Knowing ourselves as a shining force for good and as blameless victims of a mass atrocity, maybe we let it all go to our heads a little bit.
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This is not because it is a shining example of efficiency and democratic accountability, but because its overall economic and fiscal outlook is, at the moment, surprisingly robust.
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"America is still the land of opportunity, and it is a beacon of hope and liberty and, as Ronald Reagan said, a shining city on the hill, " McCain said.
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a shining example of what can be accomplished when state and local leaders unite to address the issue of drug abuse in their communities.
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Petersburg Times and its owner, the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, provide a shining example of how a newspaper can be run without corporate bean counters ruling the day.
But Mali has gone into free fall despite having served as a shining example of democracy in West Africa, for decades a place of tolerance, art and culture.
In a recent interview with the Journal, Woodson acknowledged the "challenge" of trying to play both an up-and-coming player and an older one with a shining history of postseason moments.
Before Tuareg and Islamic rebels took control of northern Mali, it had been hailed as a shining example of African democracy, having experienced more than 20 years of democratic government.
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