Throughout the 18th and 19th century huge numbers from Sweden, Ireland and Italy emigrated across the Atlantic to find work, and the US became a shining example of how dynamic a country of immigrants can be.
Hurricane Katrina gave Walmart an opportunity to leverage its expertise and resources to make a huge difference in disaster relief, and Walmart consequently became a shining example of the positive impact that is possible for both the world and a company's bottom line when it steps up in times of public need.
A former schoolteacher who's seemingly just a mellow guy with jam-band tendencies (Lee played in the artists' tent after his set until 4 a.m). teaming up with a spunky little girl who loves animals and raises chickens became a shining example of how music, especially live music, has the powerful ability to restore your faith in mankind if there were ever any doubts.
Before the big guns started firing this week in Denver, by far the most successful speech to the Democratic National Convention came from governor Brian Schweitzer of Montana, which has become a shining example of energy innovation.
For example, power companies claimed that rules on acid rain would disrupt electricity supply and lead to soaring rates; none of that happened, and the acid rain program has become a shining example of how environmentalism and economic growth can go hand in hand.
Recognised locally for its members' feisty response to the violence and abuse meted out to sex workers on a daily basis, and internationally for the model that its approach to HIV prevention and trafficking has become, Vamp has become a shining example of the power of organisation.
So, brother, can you spare a dime?" "We have at this moment the opportunity to change so many lives of women, children, veterans, seniors and to become a shining example of compassion, of inclusion, of hope," said LA County Federation of Labor Executive Secretary-Treasurer Rusty Hicks. Secretary-Treasurer Rusty Hicks
If Americans could truly unite above their growing fragmentation, abolishing divides between Blacks, Hispanics, Whites, and immigrants who have long been awaiting their permits, they would become a shining example of peace and harmony.
And now, as the Denver Post reports, the city - which has legislated much of the anti-tax fervor into municipal ordinance - has become a shining example of what happens to a community when conservatives' anti-tax policies are distilled into their most pure form...
The town of Bindura has become a shining example of the positive impact of improved access to safe water and sanitation services through the Urban Water and Sanitation Programmes.
They forget that in order for Britain to become such a shining example of a solid society run by a competent overclass, it had to overcome differences among Scots, Welsh, Irish and English that were more intense, if not ultimately more sanguinary, than any North-South or black-white confrontation on North American soil.
