He is also seen as corrupt, and the most prominent example of the continuing power of the warlords.
Stirling claimed that Neal's case was an example of the continuing human rights abuses in the UAE.
Artist Katie West, who is of Yindjibarndi descent, told the Guardian that Abramović's words were "a perfect example of the continuing effects of colonisation".
Jacqueline Joseph, London Zahi Khouri's article is a perfect example of the continuing refusal by the Palestinians to take any responsibility for their economic and political situation.
A large massacre site in northern Bosnia, discovered and excavated in the past two years, provides a vivid example of the continuing silence.
But the events are also a textbook example of the continuing failure of the world's largest international peacekeeping force, which has a mandate to protect the Congolese people from brutality.
The recent announcement that the national minimum wage will rise by a derisory 19 pence an hour is an example of the continuing downward pressure on incomes, when the RPI rate of inflation is still running at 2.8percentnt.
More important, Thoreau's life, so fully expressed in his writing, has had a pervasive influence because it was an example of moral heroism and an example of the continuing search for a spiritual dimension in American life.
Moreover, the whole episode offers a rousing example of the continuing power in America of the ideal of free speech - even when the two sides deeply resent each other.
The crisis in Sierra Leone (front page, May 9) is only one example of the continuing civil wars, ethnic violence and brutal dictatorships in Africa that have their roots in the 1950's and 60's, when Europe's colonial powers all too hastily granted independence to many African countries.
