We thus have the ghastly spectre of a continuing flow of huge funds to these individuals, who will undoubtedly use them, at least in part, to destabilise future Libyan governments.
For all that the Olympic Stadium has reverberated to a string of awe-inspiring track and field performances, the spectre of doping continues to hang over the sport.
Weight issues aside, the spectre of depression continues to haunt O Imperador: the death of his father in 2004 prompted a downward spiral from which, arguably, he is yet to emerge.
Meanwhile, Africa's youngest nation, South Sudan, has postponed its first election since independence, due this year, until 2017 because of continuing violence and the spectre of another protracted war.
The challenge for 2016 in terms of continuing to match 2015 is the robust final quarter a year ago, which had Spectre and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
While this may be commonplace to social constructionism-informed gender interventions (Magnusson and Marecek 2012, 36), spectres of essentialisms continue to haunt societal perceptions of and work with Black men and boys.
The spectre of food poverty continues to cast a shameful shadow across our society.
If not, the spectre of war will continue to hang over Iran.
Why does the spectre of neo-Nazism continue to hover over Greek democracy?
But the spectre of his troubled childhood continued to haunt him, despite the success.
