The list Lyon took over in 2007 was the culmination of some handsome recruiting between 2000 and 2002 when the Saints finished 16th, 15th and 15th respectively.
But, in symbolic terms, by far the most tempting colonial-era business yet to come under China's control is Jardines.For Mr Li, who is 69, taking over Jardines would be the culmination of a remarkable career.
Pattern Recognition, a chilled-out meditation on marketing and the otaku instinct (named after the Japanese word for obsessive collector), as well as a detective story about an inexplicably haunting, numinous piece of film that is released in chunks over the internet, marks the culmination of a process in Gibson's novels whereby the future has come ever closer.
In approving the measure after days of legislative intrigue, Congress concluded its final and most pitched fight over fiscal policy, the culmination of two years of battles over taxes, the federal debt, spending and what to do to slow the growth in popular social programs like Medicare.
The 28 buses are the first instalment of 600 to be delivered over the next three years – the culmination of Johnson's rallying cry in 2007.
Mark McCall, Saracens' director of rugby, spoke after the match about how the victory over Racing was the culmination of seven years of planning, the time when Brendan Venter joined the club to head the management team.
The expected showdown over the legislation is the culmination of months of efforts by Tea Party-allied freshmen and fellow conservatives to demand a fundamentally smaller government in exchange for raising the federal borrowing limit.
His victory over Milos Raonic was the culmination of an immense effort and he joins Rafael Nadal, Stefan Edberg and Jimmy Connors on two Wimbledon titles.
The absence of Messinian evaporites over the crest of the culmination demonstrates that the structure was an erosive paleohigh in the Messinian.
