"MotoGP is the pinnacle of global motorcycle racing and expectations within the series and of its millions of fans worldwide are for a truly world class event at iconic and state-of-the art venues.
Years ago, I got myself in some trouble with local college presidents by writing that Washington's economy was held back by the lack of a truly world-class university.
Today, with DaimlerChrysler about to bring to life a much more obscure brand, the Maybach (and will charge up to a quarter-million dollars for ownership), isn't it time for the rebirth of a truly world-famous American luxury marque?
The prime minister said such schemes gave school leavers "the chance to learn a trade to build their careers" and allowed the creation of "a truly world-class, highly skilled workforce that can compete and thrive in the fierce global race we are in".
Rattle has made no secret of his belief that London lacks a truly world class concert hall and his appointment comes just weeks after the chancellor, George Osborne, commissioned a feasibility study, to be led by the National Theatre's departing director, Sir Nicholas Hytner.
An inescapable consequence of such a truly world-wide web, however, would be increased access to non-American labor.
Fukuyama says he dissents from what he calls "hard" liberal internationalism, which he says aspires to an unrealistic vision of a "truly universal" world government.
Of all of them, he has so far come closest to fulfilling the dream of a truly elastic world, one in which the boundaries between work and play, private and public life have all but melted away.
"The only thing preventing us from enjoying the freedom of a truly wireless world is the power cord.
The future is bright in this dream of a "truly 'glocolised' world".
