Led by Lionel Messi, whom no one even seems to contest is the best footballer in the world, and the Argentine's magic midfield mates Iniesta and Xavi, Barca represent the zenith of world football at the moment.
Several factors place northern Chile's Atacama Desert near the zenith of world stargazing sites: high altitude; near-zero light pollution; and the complete absence of moisture in the air -- the Atacama is among the driest places on Earth.
Merkel has guided Germany to the zenith of its post-World War II power, becoming the "decider" of Europe.
The situation amounts to a disturbing twist of fate for the former physicist who, over the course of a decade, has brought modern Germany to the zenith of its post-World War II power.
Her contentious stance on austerity and balanced budgets across the bloc, meanwhile, came as she led economically strong Germany to the zenith of its post-World War II power, partly on the back of a trade surplus with its neighbors.
The yoking of Zenith to the world of classic cars and motorbikes has all the hallmarks of a marketing exercise.
After the zenith of Euro 2000, the 2002 World Cup was labelled a freak, with a low goal ratio ostensibly attributable to three things: the climate, the early start to the tournament which drained the game's great attacking heroes of their superpowers, and the oddball presence of so many minnows in the later stages.
At the zenith of the Drinking Man craze, funnyman Allan Sherman immortalized the diet in song.
The Muslim world reached the zenith of its influence in the Middle Ages -- when it preserved the best of classical Greek and Roman teachings, and inspired breakthroughs in mathematics, science, medicine and philosophy.
Following on from the defensive zenith of Serie A in the 1990s, world football seems to have decided that defending is now a bit passé, and the sport has subsequently become an endless whirlwind of mind-blowing efforts by lithe multi-millionaires; a sensory overload which – much like sex or class A drugs – nobody is actually enjoying any more because it's all got a bit too intense.
The Classical Fianchetto Variation of the KIng's Indian Defense, after 7... e5, reached its zenith after World War II, when the Soviet geniuses Isaac Boleslavsky and David Bronstein displayed its counterattacking punch.
