The relief and sense of accomplishment was palpable at this year's North American International Auto Show, which opened last week for two days of press previews, as automakers rolled out an impressive wave of spit-shined recruits for showrooms.
While an impressive wave of consolidation in the last two years has reduced the number of Japan's biggest banks by half, to 10 from 20 two years ago, it has yet to produce obvious efficiencies.
She took second place this year in the National Scholastic Surfing Association's national championships in San Clemente, Calif., beating women up to twice her age and following an impressive wave of homegrown world-famous surfers.
When the Republican leaders set out to recruit candidates in early 2009, President Obama was surfing an impressive wave of public support, and it made sense for Republicans to embrace moderate, eminently electable candidates like Charlie Crist, then the popular governor of Florida.
Talented, young university graduates are launching myriad startup companies, creating an impressive wave of civic entrepreneurship throughout the tiny country.
The movement arising from these questions became known as clean-slate design [3] and gave rise to the impressive wave of research that we are witnessing today.
Robust earnings growth combined with cheap valuations is an attractive combination by itself, but adding to the appeal of Japanese stocks in 2007 is the potential for the already impressive wave of global mergers and acquisitions and private equity deals to finally land on Japan's shores.
In 2005, he bought a camera, took pictures of the most impressive waves at Praia do Norte and sent one to Mr. McNamara, who he knew only from the Internet.
The aptly titled piece that dominates this show, "Hildegard of Bingen Meets Herman Melville" (2001), features a finely made skeleton of a sea vessel riding an impressive wave composed primarily of Scrabble pieces.
That puts "Last Week Tonight" ahead of the 4 million that 11-year-old "Real Time with Bill Maher" averages, and creates an impressive wave within the sea of must-see Sunday television.
