Today's trading was a stark illustration.

The wrangling is a stark illustration of the sometimes huge gap between how the public may perceive a mutual fund portfolio and what it actually contains.

There was a tasteful but stark illustration of an unborn child inside its mother's womb.

The fact that there are people who object is a stark illustration of how divorced some people are from the natural world.

The battle over our genomes is a stark illustration of how relevant the wanderings of cave men 50,000 years ago remain today.

In a stark illustration of Egypt's anemic opposition politics, maybe 20 protesters arrived.

The attack was another stark illustration of the insurgents' power to strike at will in the capital.

It was as stark an illustration as any of how much the vote across Iraq was split along ethnic and sectarian lines.

Washington High is a stark illustration of the policy rift between Mr. Bush and his critics.

And "Golden Gate" winds up offering a stark illustration of why the two forms are different.