But like Canberra itself – stunted in infancy by decades of bureaucratic meddling, political indifference and the economic impact of the second world war – the George V monument faltered along, taking almost two decades to finish.
Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, was a driver behind comprehensive immigration reform that faltered in Congress but has since retreated from that position.
At 4-4, the Swiss was in trouble again but again he came up trumps, saving two more break points and when they reached the tie-break, it was Tsonga who faltered, with Wawrinka taking it 7-4 to move ahead once more.
Smith's side were different because their concentration never faltered and the methodical tone was sustained to such an extent that little incident was permitted.
The closure of Sellafield remains a priority for this government.'Meanwhile Seamus Mallon, the SDLP deputy leader, accused Peter Mandel son yesterday of being absent without leave while the peace process faltered.
Dortmund faltered physically, lost a key player – Mats Hummels, strained ligaments, out for three weeks – to injury and then gifted Bayern two goals via a couple of beastly individual mistakes.
The Wire has not faltered for a moment in four vaguely themed seasons that have tackled the pointlessness of the war on drugs, the bureaucracy and corruption that infest both the police force and drug-dealing gangs, class war against the labour unions, and the city's dysfunctional public schools system.
As efforts to develop new classes of drugs have faltered, drug-firm bosses have squeezed their businesses to wring extra profits from existing products.
Monetary policy contributed to this asymmetry of risk: when markets faltered central banks usually rescued them by cutting interest rates.The second charge is that the bankers and fund managers were not doing anything useful.
Reality TV has faltered in the American ratings recently, with viewing down for "The Benefactor", "The Bachelor" and even "The Apprentice".
And if Jean-Paul Rappeneau's "Le hussard sur le toit" (1995) faltered, his 1990 "Cyrano de Bergerac" not only enchanted France but made a fortune for its British distributors.
