The whole scene is, in a way, a microcosm of the contradictions this country faces.
The shout fest was, perhaps, a microcosm of what's become of our media and political dialogue.
Giuliani: Well, I faced a situation like this, a microcosm of it in New York City.
At the entrance gate I witnessed a tiny power struggle, a microcosm of bigger things afoot.
Behold the intricate mechanical microcosm of the Greubel Forsey Double Tourbillon 30 Degrees Technique.
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"It's a microcosm, " said Maximilian de Courten, professor of global public health at the University of Copenhagen.
Nandgaon, a village of some 1, 700 people, most of them farmers, is a microcosm of bachelor angst.
His California is a microcosm of America, with its penchant for producing dreams that only money can buy.
Solution: Narita City, a short ride away and a microcosm of a bygone Land of the Rising Sun.
Gilder predicted the computer boom, and later, in his book Microcosm, the Internet, with greater specificity than anyone.
But for Mourinho, the past ten days are the perfect microcosm for his brilliant, but often unpredictable coaching career.
He starts with the events in Iran, which illustrate his argument in microcosm.
And what I saw from my seat above the 3rd green was indeed a microcosm of the entire day.
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Jozi, is a microcosm of a new South Africa, one that strives to welcome guests with open arms instead of bearing them.
So it is in life, and sports is simply a microcosm of life.
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He certainly might do better in some of the southern ones than the microcosm of the USA that is Florida.
The process of producing the book was itself a microcosm of all the issues involved in the future of work.
But, in some ways, it's a microcosm of the fight for the future of television and how we watch it.
Thomas suggests using Facebook more like a man would--as a networking tool rather than a microcosm of your social universe.
Yet the region is also a microcosm of Russia, plagued by the problems that impede business everywhere in the country.
In the majors, Harper's home-run hustle is a microcosm of his style of play, which is reminiscent of the hard-charging Rose.
On the eve of the election, Mitt Romney visited Levittown's county which both parties consider a microcosm of the United States.
The fight should come as no surprise to taxpayers--it's just a microcosm of the endless battle over the nation's energy policy.
"San Diego is a microcosm of the California market, " says Christopher Thornberg, founder of Beacon Economics, a Los Angeles economic consulting firm.
"Boston is a small microcosm of what is happening in other parts of the country where there are similar issues, " he said.
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While California is a good microcosm of US tax and spending problems, we are talking about a person moving to another state.
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Natalya Shakhovskaya, a cello professor and department head who studied under Mr Rostropovich, sees the school and its troubles as a microcosm.
Often cited as a microcosm of the entire nation, the state is known for multiple industries, diverse populations, varying climates and terrain.
They cited it as a microcosm for what everyday residents go through.
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