Now Detroit is a shadow of its former self, and so is broadcast television.
While it's back up and running today, it is only a shadow of its former self.
ENGADGET: FBI charges 23-year old Russian in Mega-D spambot investigation
But if Kingfisher survives in tact, it will undoubtedly be a shadow of its former self.
FORBES: India Billionaire Watching His Kingfisher Airlines Disappear
The Caricuao zoo in Caracas, Venezuela's capital, is a shadow of its former self.
The Social and Economic Council became a mere shadow of its former self.
ECONOMIST: BY INVITATION: The high road that leads out of the Low Countries | The
This Indian airline is now officially a shadow of its former self.
His once forward-moving economy is a shadow of its former self.
Although Lloyd's in its present incarnation is a shadow if its former self, its geographic reach and the range of policies that it can offer are still formidable.
When no buyer emerged, Hearst unplugged the presses, tossed most of the staff, and morphed the P-I into an online operation that is a shadow of its former self.
Three balls later, Yuvraj Singh, a shadow of his usual self so far in this series, got a genuine edge to Symonds and Australia were in the ascendancy again.
Kolo Toure, playing at right-back because Bacary Sagna is out injured, looked a shadow of his normal self - and even Cesc Fabregas looked shockingly out of sorts in midfield.
Though brewing is a shadow of its former self here, local leaders are newly mindful that the industry, which used huge volumes of water, attracted other businesses that still remain vibrant.
The Philadelphia press corps, which is a shadow of its former self but which is still possessed of professionalism and talent, did a thorough job of covering the story from its inception.
FORBES: The Real Reason The National Media Ignored The Kermit Gosnell Case
But after three hours and 56 minutes in the Louis Armstrong stadium Murray was a shadow of his recent self, unable to move freely after twice requiring treatment to his left thigh and struggling to keep his temper in check.
Around the corner from my last apartment in Seattle sits The 5 Point Cafe, a self-described dive bar in the shadow of the Space Needle.
After South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994 Johannesburg experienced a new, unofficial apartheid as businesses moved away from downtown to the city's wealthier, whiter, northern suburbs, leaving the city center a shadow of its once dynamic self.
Accusing Mr Balls of "bumptious self-confidence", he said the shadow chancellor's starting point "seemed to be that the past was another country, that 2010 was year zero".
His goal was to free us not only from the shackles of discrimination, but from the shadow of poverty that haunts too many of our communities, the self-destructive impulses, and the mindless violence that claims so many lives of so many innocent young people.
Replying for the opposition, shadow justice minister Lord Bach accused the government of keeping its policy on self-defence laws "under wraps" since the justice secretary's recent conference speech.
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls argued "distorted" contracts, where employees are falsely described as "self-employed", are undermining safety.
BBC: TUC Congress: Balls pledge over scams in building industry
应用推荐