More significant, in terms of the emerging shape of this contest, Mr. Bush, with the support of Gov. George E. Pataki and almost the entire state Republican organization, has assembled delegate slates of state legislators, county executives and other well-known Republicans.
What remained was a kind of decadent residue that occasionally burst to the surface through the remainder of his life, and a shaping memory of the contest between Apollo and Dionysus that also stayed with him for ever.
He argues that though America shaped the nature of the contest, Gorbachev was the key figure in its ending.
Mr. Wright's book suggests that "the charisma and vision of a few individuals shaped the nature" of the contest between Islam and the West.
But by raiding the Springbok line-out, such a bankable green-shirted asset down the decades, and giving their outside-half Daniel Carter just enough of what he needed to shape the contest, they made it through.
In the Guardian's view it is an outrage that Labour MPs are deciding the shape of this important contest so prematurely.
Once again, the people of Iowa - along with those in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada - will wield the considerable power they have to shape the contest to become the leader of arguably the world's most powerful country.
As Harry Lambert wrote in a recent blog for The Independent, "Once again, the people of Iowa — along with those in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada will wield the considerable power they have to shape the contest to become the leader of arguably the world's most powerful country".
Many of Ms. Wagner's witticisms retain their vitality: "Did you know, in the entire universe, we are the only intelligent life forms thought to have a Miss Universe contest?" And the narrative shape of the show, which is outwardly fragmented by the tales of the various personae, is held deftly together with subtle (and often amusing) cross-references.
