No longer the darling of Western capitals, Mr. Karzai turned to Russia, and President Dimitry Medvedev wrote back with offers of cooperation on defense.
Yes, PC shipment growth has slowed to nearly a standstill, yes, Windows 8 was pretty much of a yawn, and, yes, Ultrabooks have yet to light any fires under the buying public, but, no, this gigantic market did not simply disappear just because it is no longer the darling of buyers, investors, and the media.
FORBES: Within Trend From PCs To Phones Lies Samsung's Besting Of Apple
The renowned showman spared no expense with his darling, filling it with Asian flourishes and Chinese-crafted artefacts.
It was not long ago that emerging markets could do no wrong, the darling of Wall Street and the bearer of bold and bullish predictions.
He was the darling of the Twickenham crowd and no-one in a team full of rugby heroes was able to capture the imagination of supporters in the way he did.
Despite deciding it was time for a rest after the last election, and having showed a bit of reluctance to front the "no campaign", as opponents call it, Mr Darling was back.
But the Transport Secretary Alistair Darling is now starting to say there's probably no other option.
Apple may be a cult sensation of sorts in the handheld device market, a media darling, but when it comes to smart phones, no one touches the Android operating system by Google.
FORBES: The World's Largest Android Market, And Getting Bigger
Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell said that no Olympic planning had been based on Crossrail, and Transport Minister Alistair Darling said the scale of the project would make such a date unlikely.
BBC: NEWS | UK | England | London | On track for Olympic bid?
The unexpected darling of tempo-free statisticians this year is Florida, the No. 3 seed in the South Region.
One notable performance bubbling under the top 10 was this summer's indie critical darling, Fox Searchlight's "Beasts of the Southern Wild, " which jumped from No. 21 to No. 16 after quadrupling the number of the theaters it was in.
CNN: 'Ice Age: Continental Drift' wins the weekend with $46 mil
应用推荐