It is not a pretty picture, and while Dick Schulze may have once been a visionary, the specter of failed retailers such as Circuit City and Comp USA, as well as the current struggles of Radio Shack and Game Stop, makes one wonder whether any consumer electronics retailer will ever recapture the glory days of growth and lofty multiples.

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Whether the Scotian Shelf and Grand Banks ever return to their former glory is far from certain, especially with other issues such as climate change threatening to disrupt their feeding and perhaps their breeding too.

BBC: Nature's spring: Cod bounce back

Only once has a Division-I school ever pulled off this double dose of glory: Connecticut in 2004.

WSJ: University of Connecticut Huskies Back On Top With 93-60 Win Over University of Louisville Cardinals

But it is too soon to tell whether the vehicle will ever be restored to its former pre-credit-crunch glory, when it was able to issue short-term commercial paper to fund its investments in asset-backed securities.

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Long one of the world's top hotels, the Savoy was the first ever with private bathrooms in every room, and was originally brought to glory by the world's most famous hotelier, Cesar Ritz, and most famous chef, August Escoffier.

FORBES: The Savoy, London

Morocco were at the first ever World Youth Championship in Tunisia in 1977 but they failed cover themselves in glory, suffering three straight defeats.

BBC: Benin take on the world

Ever since the 1992 Summer Olympics revealed the city in its post-Franco glory, Barcelona has moved from strength to strength, becoming one of the world's most visited cities for its architectural icons and culinary and cultural bona fides.

BBC: Living in: Barcelona