China Unicom's performance did not surprise analysts, who had forecast a sparkling debut since the company expanded the size of its offering to nearly $5 billion last week.

Publisher's Weekly called it a "sparkling debut" and a "a nice twist on the modern girl's search for prince charming."

Montgomery may not prove to be the backfield savior the Giants need, but he made a sparkling debut and it set the stage for all the other successes by the team on Sunday.

Arular was featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, where it was described as "the most sparkling debut since Madonna's first album".

The loss ended Utah's season at 29-6, a sparkling debut for the first-year coach Ray Giacoletti.

But Tiki Barber used the game for his own sparkling debut, showing that he can be more than a third-down weapon.

Jonny Bairstow's sparkling debut a week ago has further whetted the appetite of those who want to gawp at some of the exceptional young talent floating around English cricket.

After his sparkling debut that season, Hernandez made two other starts and relieved six times.

Daljit Nagra's sparkling debut, Look We Have Coming to Dover!

The lights were low, the company was sophisticated, the music was "jazz hot," and my daughter had a sparkling debut.