But it would be equally rash to brush off this cautionary tale, which, at the least, suggests that creating hundreds of independent institutions offers scant protection against a slide in standards.
The more cautionary tale arrives in the form of Michelle Wie, who shot to stardom at the same age as Li.
Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 5.55am BST05:55 Debate moderator Martha Raddatz is now on stage and telling the audience the cautionary tale about the time her cell phone went off during a White House press briefing, to discover that her son had changed her ring-tone to hip-hop.
Over by the exit, another poster struck a cautionary note for any millionaire magpie who is tempted to throw open their chequebook.
Edward Furlong shiftily sidled up a full two years later with this cautionary tale about a rad CD-ROM game that ends up being, like, really bad.
At the same time, as in this cautionary speech, he will seek to head off a stampede of relieved voters back to Labour by stressing the risks that remain.
Perhaps, before they plough on with their schemes, Kazakh and Malaysian officials should consider the cautionary tale of the world's existing purpose-built capitals.Any century nowFor planners of Great Capitals, timing is the first problem.
Overindebted IVG struggled to pay its debts.Germany can shrug at this cautionary tale, though.
They have studied the cautionary tale of Republicans in America and their wooing of devout, family-minded, hard-working Hispanics (who are Republicans but "just don't know it", in the words of Ronald Reagan).
Afghan smugglers of heroin, some as young as 15, have been hanged near the border as a cautionary spectacle.Over the past two decades Singapore has reduced its drug executions from several dozen a year to one or two; and Malaysia is using the death penalty less.
The possibilities for temperance-themed joshing along the lines of inveterate Labour spendthrifts committing to "The Pledge"—are at once limited and endless.Mr Osborne's cautionary speech was the war-dance of a vindicated chancellor.
