His last chapter, describing how a subway busker reduces a crowd of scurrying New Yorkers to rapt silence with a Bach violin sonata, is an appropriate image for our times, a sign that classical music does indeed still matter.
Now David Brooks in the New York Times finds a new sign of the transition: women.
Shaiken says the union's willingness to make concessions now is a sign of the times.
It's a sign of the times, " he said, adding, "It's not like anyone writes letters anymore.
It is a sign of the times that many Americans will prefer the cynical answer.
Last night on 60 Minutes, Barack Obama was the lead, and it's a sign of the times.
With so many of the Premier League's clubs in foreign hands, is this a sign of the times?
But it is a sign of the times that they may be stranded, apart from some of their fellows.
It was a sign of the times that nobody knew whether EBE was an inside joke or was actually serious.
In a sign of the times, Turkish and English are the languages of instruction at a top private school in Irbil.
This rise of entrepreneurship is a sign of the times as those that are having trouble finding a job are now creating their own.
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The photographers are tasked with capturing a single moment within their allotted hour on an annual theme, this time it was Sign of the Times.
The decision to invite a member of the Irish cabinet to speak at this weekend's party conference is the latest sign of changing times in Northern Ireland.
One sign of the times is that the lodge of medical freemasons that met for years at London's St Thomas's Hospital has recently been told to convene elsewhere.
It's a sign of the times when out-of-work footballers are willing to pay for the privilege of going on trial in the hope of winning a part-time contract.
The deal between GM and SAIC to set up a 50:50 joint venture to produce small cars in India, announced on December 4th, is another sign of the times.
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It is perhaps a sign of the times that Charles Prince, who has been with Citigroup or its predecessor for more than 20 years, is trained as a lawyer.
Yet, practically every sign of the times suggested otherwise.
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Rejection appears to be the sign of the times as company leaders are not as knowledgeable about what they want to do and are not as prepared to execute as they once were.
It is a sign of our times that budget-constrained governments have for the most part ceded this ground to entrepreneurs with the resources and drive to undertake Kennedyesque challenges to explore new worlds.
That may seem small but that would be a sort of a huge sign of the times, that the country is really turning away from Republicans and is keeping an open mind to Democrats.
Could this be a sign of changing times?
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New York City education officials are developing more than a dozen new standardized tests, but in a sign of the times, their main purpose will be to grade teachers, not the students who take them.
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Uniquely in world cricket, Australian captains almost never play on after resigning the captaincy, and it's a sign of the times that, despite his 37 years and declining form, Ponting has stayed in the team.
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That surely will rank as one of the most important moments in the history of government-business relations -- yet, in a sign of the times, it is almost a footnote to all the other giant events of the period.
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