There are some splendid passages in the new novel.
The lively description of a desert storm at the end of Imruʾ al-Qays's qaṣīdah is a splendid example of such passages.
Barcelona had switched the Brazilian from his habitual position on the left to make him a sort of centre-forward and anyone breaking ahead of him, such as Eto'o, was likely to receive splendid service in the early passages of the game.
It was a sparsely populated but superbly sheltered harbor off the Windward Passage until America's "splendid little war" with Spain.
There was even the Spencer Tracy movie about the French and Indian War, "Northwest Passage" (which, in combination with Michael Mann's splendid "Last of the Mohicans," means there have been more good movies about that conflict than about the War for Independence).
Certain poetical passages of the Bible refer to a strong and splendid horned animal called reʾem.
Washington Post writer Jonathan Yardley suggests that "the central theme of A Thousand Splendid Suns is the place of women in Afghan society", pointing to a passage in which Mariam's mother states, "Learn this now and learn it well, my daughter: Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman.
No matter how often and how egregiously its secrets are revealed, the passage of years, a change of context, and the power of a splendid performer can rekindle an old principle to create a performance miracle.
Eighteen years later, "Angels in America" (in a Signature Theatre Company revival at the Peter Norton Space, under the splendid direction of Michael Greif) is as majestic and luminous as ever — a kind of brainstorm; with the passage of time, however, its music strikes different dominant chords.
Earlier, sprinter Becky James had safely secured her passage to the second round of the women's keirin, in which she eventually took a splendid silver.
