Another casualty was Gerhard Richter's "Wide Landscape at Tyede" (1971), a first-class example of the artist's romantically murky landscapes.
Another first-class example of the right sort of science fiction is Daniel F. Galouye's "Dark Universe".
In The New York Times the critic Clive Barnes called "Night Watch" a superior thriller, "which from its first blood-curdling scream to its last charming surprise is a first-class example of its genre".
It is also a first-class example of what can be achieved when a community group works closely with a local authority to save and sustain a community asset like this.
The building was entered into the register of the National Trust of Australia in June 1973 and elevated to a permanent entry in 1980 "as a first-class example of the quality of building at the time of the gold rush".
(Notably excluded are juggling or trick cycling. There are, however, first-class examples of hand-balancing. Contortion, that creepy specialty, is on view as well).
Three companies are all showing first-class examples: New York City Ballet in George Balanchine's "Jewels" at the David H. Koch Theater; the Mark Morris Dance Group in a program of works by Mr. Morris at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; and the Paul Taylor Dance Company in a series of triple bills of Mr. Taylor's work at City Center, where the troupe opened its season on Wednesday.
"We are just at the start of a journey tech for social good and companies like Big White Wall, Cybermentors, Apps for Good and CodeClub are first-class examples of what great work can be achieved on a global scale".
Agencies also help clients with their travel-management policies, establishing rules about who can fly first class, for example, or which expenses are reimbursable.
The ones keeping it, says Plaisted, are striving for "that wow factor". Singapore Airlines' first class, for example, gives its passengers a choice between Dom Perignon and Krug champagne, and while fliers change into their Givenchy sleep suits and slippers in the extra-large bathrooms, their seats are turned into actual beds with sheets, a down duvet and oversize pillows.
