Last week Japan got another jolt with the humbling of a second top finance official.
In areas like Internet search, social networking and smartphone software, Microsoft holds the humbling position of an also-ran.
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The humbling experience was the subject of a Forbes story in October.
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The biggest disappointment by far was the humbling 57-46 loss to Georgetown in front of a record crowd of 35, 012.
One key measure of the humbling of British banks is that their profit has slumped 58% from its peak four years ago.
The message is compelling, but that does not fix the humbling stumble.
We'd best never stop learning the humbling lessons of World War I.
Yet here was a girl willing to take him in her arms and kindly ignore the humbling sight of him blundering his way toward ecstasy.
While much of the enthusiasm that followed Mark McGhee's appointment evaporated during the humbling by Sigma Olomouc in the Europa League qualifier, there is no need for Aberdeen to panic.
The question is whether that opportunity can be seized or whether the humbling of Mr Chubais, whom many see as the only reformer capable of meeting the challenge, will delay Russia's deliverance, possibly for years.
The humbling of Hizbullah would curb the growing regional influence of Iran and send a sobering message to those Palestinians who have been inspired by Hizbullah to try to liberate the West Bank by violence rather than negotiation.
While this venture could not sustain itself in the longer term, I was inspired by the humbling power of failure to teach and considered myself once again lucky to have had another incredible opportunity to grow as a leader.
Carlo Ancelotti's men were heavily criticised for a sloppy defensive display in the humbling 3-0 home defeat by Sunderland last week, and they began with the look of a side desperate to prove it was a mere blip.
The humbling moves, which reshape the landscape of American finance, mark the latest chapter in a tumultuous year in which once-proud financial institutions have been brought to their knees as a result of hundreds of billions of dollars in losses because of bad mortgage finance and real estate investments.
Inexorable forces beyond our control bringing the inevitable humbling of the world hegemon.
The latest loss was all the more humbling given that Zheng had been on court four hours earlier to see off American qualifier Mallory Burdette in the first round.
But the most humbling re-ranking will be when South Korea becomes richer than Japan.
And to represent the United States there is the most thrilling and the most humbling task a lawyer can perform.
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By far my role as an election observer in Honduras on Thanksgiving Weekend was one of the most humbling experiences I ever had.
We have scores of similar stories, and they're all the more humbling -- shaming, really -- because we'd fully expected to face anti-American sentiment, perhaps open contempt, especially in the predominantly Islamic countries we've traveled through.
Armstrong said the most "humbling" moment in the aftermath of the USADA report was leaving Livestrong lest his association damage the foundation's ability to raise money and continue its advocacy programs on behalf of cancer victims.
Barcelona's Mundo Deportivo newspaper screamed, "No Excuses, " on its front page after the 3-1 humbling against Real in the Copa del Rey.
Doubtless eager to erase the memory of their 4-1 humbling at the hands of the same opponents last November, Everton were relentless in their pursuit of an equaliser.
Lennie James, who plays Robert Hawkins on the show, called the audience support humbling.
The American made the mistake of trying to trade groundstrokes with Sanchez-Vicario and the effect was humbling.
If that bombs, too, studios might relish the idea of humbling Murphy by finally bringing his paycheck down to earth.
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For brands, the rewards are huge, the experiences often humbling.
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The two weeks I spent traipsing up and down its bleak expanse were humbling in the most primal way.
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