And for Mr. Clinton, the event was a stark demonstration that by campaigning for the trade agreement, he risks upsetting the fragile Democratic coalition that includes organized labor.

Caterpillar's rout of the U.A.W. is a stark demonstration of the increasing futility of a weapon with which unions could once paralyze whole industries in promoting their members' interests.

In a stark demonstration of the lure and the power of the Internet, some of the nation's top law firms have raised pay for associates by as much as 50 percent in the last two weeks.

Amnesty International and the U.S. criticized the arrests, with the White House describing them as "a stark demonstration of the climate of repression in Cuba."

The events of last week offered a stark demonstration of the continuing instability and gave further notice that the regional peace treaty signed in August - against the will of the Administration - is in its death throes.

Strikes of this nature in 2010 are a stark demonstration of all that is wrong in union-management relations.

But behind the scenes, officials there were quick to seize on what they perceived as an unexpected benefit - a stark demonstration of partisanship in Congress.

In stark demonstrations of "before," the bathrooms and the second bedroom await their transformations.

The N.R.A.'s mailing stirred a public relations fiasco because the letter coincided with the Oklahoma City bombing - a stark demonstration that hateful thoughts can produce evil acts.

The afternoon had, then, already deteriorated into a stark, sad demonstration of the difference between a first-place club, and a fifth-place team that couldn't even muster the resources to delay Pittsburgh's march to the post-season.