The little pockets of socialism that had been tolerated when socialism posed a threat now, overnight, seemed horribly retrograde.
As the gestation of a designer label, from birth to media sensation, has shortened to a time frame that would make overnight seem like an eternity, the role of behind-the-scenes image makers like Mr. Li has become increasingly important.
Almost overnight, it seems, the operating model has changed.
Overnight, it seems, she became a household name, a liberator, a kitchen goddess, and a provocation.
A day later, a curious Internet persona emerged whipped up overnight, it seems, to counter the article.
Almost overnight, it seems, 1 World Trade Center has inserted itself into the skyline, visible from places where the sky had seemed more empty than open since 2001.
Overnight, it seems, she is again a star, but this time as the mature actress of 55 that she has become.
Our house, when I was a girl, was located in one of those sections of Hartford that changed quickly, overnight it seems, from mostly white to mostly black.
As one source from Tirana wrote to me overnight: "It seems we are entering into a new cycle of political conflict".
Overnight, it seems, the firm has become a Latin American steel giant and made Brazilian capitalism a good deal more exciting.
