In such a situation, each manufacturer markets its products by prominently displaying large signs of a corporate name or brand name(s) (trademark rights) in the shop to appeal its own products to the attention of customers.
"Very large" signs of trouble came hours before the Deepwater Horizon exploded, but were ignored.
It is the largest sign of human material progress in 20,000 square miles of rugged, riverine land.
But whether it is just a case of a city and a sports franchise gone sour on each other, as Sam Mellinger writes in The Kansas City Star, or a larger sign of a breakdown in civility, as Scoop Jackson writes on ESPN.com, the question is the same: As a people, have we really grown that mean?
The giant orange in the green elfin costume on the roof and the large sign boasting of the "world's best orange juice" might as well be museum pieces for Florida hucksterism.
Still, the outcome of the recall election on Tuesday of Dave Hansen, a Senate Democrat, may offer few larger signs of what is ahead for either party in this sharply divided state.
It is one of the largest signs of business expansion on the island nation so far.
And there have been even larger signs of the increasing role that the tech industry is playing in payments, including the rise of Apple Pay, the spin off of PayPal from eBay and more.
The chain-link fence is shrouded with opaque fabric, and a large sign warned, "Use of Cameras Prohibited; Strictly Enforced".
