Automobile traffic crawled on smaller, two-lane roads as power outages left the sleek, electric-powered "bullet trains" -- shining examples of Japan's advanced technology, normally capable of speeds nearing 200 mph -- sitting motionless on their tracks.
Once a shining example of Germany's social-market economy at work, Volkswagen is under great pressure to bring its German operation, which still means half of its total workforce, nearer to the free-market values of other firms, and its own subsidiaries, elsewhere.
If Warhol's "Orange Marilyn" is, as Sotheby's catalog chatter suggests, the shining icon of 20th-century art, then we can relax -- the bull cycle ain't over.
At the time, he says, they regarded Mr Jones's then-profitable treasury-services operation as an example of shining entrepreneurialism.
They don't need to be dressed up in a vision of some shining new world order that lives mainly in Mr Blair's well-meaning imagination.
From Bhavarlal's meditation spot, the 1, 000-acre complex of Jain Hills itself appears a shining advertisement for what micro-irrigation can achieve.
President Garcia has been sending soldiers to the country's coca-rich regions since August in an effort to destroy what is left of the Shining Path, which security officials say includes about 300 guerrillas.
There's been talk the last couple days about the fact that there really isn't anywhere in the States to take advantage of the blazing 7.2Mbps downlink connection supported by the iPhone 3G S -- except for one great hope, one diamond in the rough that could become a shining destination for 3G S owners the world over.
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Burke clinched his spot in the "One Shining Moment" montage with a 30-footer Friday night against Kansas that saved Michigan's season.
Ms Zille, a white former anti-apartheid campaigner and one-time journalist, fought a jovial and energetic campaign, shining a light on the DA's efforts to bring better services to cities such as Cape Town.
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