Victory is about which horse and jockey are best on a given day, or, in certain magnificent cases, three days.
With its unusual interiors, its magnificent display cases and its clever lighting, Mr Pei's creation quickly (and rightly) took its place as one of the great museums of the world.The al-Thanis will reach their next major cultural milestone in 2013 when Jean Nouvel, like Mr Pei a winner of architecture's most prestigious honour, the Pritzker prize, unveils his National Museum of Qatar.
Test your knowledge of the great and trifling wine events of the past year and you stand a chance of winning a magnificent six-bottle case of James Bond's champagne of choice, Bollinger Special Cuvée.
While the fossil record is undeniably incomplete, it is replete with huge numbers of fossils and in some cases magnificent examples of major transitions of single features, and whole lineages.
The new exhibition, "Heaven & Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections", which just opened at the Getty Villa, presents rare and, in many cases, magnificent examples of Byzantine art from the 4th to 15th century.
That said, he can draw a thrilling sound from his players, which in this case meant magnificent brass work and lustrous string playing.
Orwell's line – quoted by Jane Robins in her outstanding The Magnificent Spilsbury and the Case of the Brides in the Bath (John Murray) – applies to summer reading, too.
In the case of "Magnificent Century," Prime Minister Erdogan had expressed annoyance that the series was "toying" with Turkish values and presenting an image of the valiant Sultan that did not correspond to reality.
However, that yardstick was never likely to apply in the case of The Magnificent Seven.
However wayward the concerto might have seemed in a first listening, Mr. Repin's unshakable bravura and the orchestra's magnificent playing made a compelling case for it.
