The frailty of the participants was underlined on Wednesday when one man, 83-year-old Lee Kun-Su, was forced to pull out at the last minute because of health issues.
The impact of the Co-operative Bank's troubles on its one-time full owner, the Co-operative Grounderlinedderlined on Monday as the wider group was forced into a complex restructuring of a relatively minor bond.
The weakness in the union-Labour relationship was underlined on Monday by a new poll showing only one in eight say they will join Labour if asked and only three in 10 members of Unite would contribute to the union's political fund if they were asked.
This isolation was underlined on Monday.
Military fury was underlined on Friday at a meeting of the army high command.
The dominance of the steaming services will be underlined on Friday, when both Netflix and Amazon debut new shows.
That was underlined on Wednesday and Thursday by separate, and possibly coincidental, announcements on safety for high-speed rail and for nuclear power plants.
Latin America's allure as a consumer market was underlined on February 15th, when the technology firm opened its first retail store on the continent, in Rio de Janeiro.
That point was underlined on Tuesday by Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, who flatly ruled out any direct access to the bloc's bailout fund any time soon.
Portugal's gloomy economic outlook was underlined on Tuesday when Moody's downgraded its government debt rating by two notches, to A1, from Aa2.
