(An ancillary exhibition of 70 Nabi prints in the museum's collection illuminates the similarities and differences in these artists' sensibilities, especially in the dialogue that Vuillard and Bonnard conducted in color lithographs.)

Its subtitle, Perspectives from Asia, reflects its commitment to "local voices, from all over Asia" and "ideas that illuminate cultural differences in a positive way, that promote intercultural understanding via specifics, not generalities."

It is prone to a feel-good formalism that draws intriguing likenesses without necessarily illuminating deeper similarities or differences.

It also illuminates differences in style, role and personality between the senator from Boston and the leader of his home city.

Awareness of that gulf illuminates other important differences between these two high-profile cases.

He illuminates differences between modern understanding of individual identity and the ancient Israelite understanding of the self as embedded in family and nation - and what, therefore, overcoming death means in each case.

That visit is expected to illuminate fundamental differences between the Vatican and many American Catholics over artificial birth control, abortion and the ordination of women as priests.

Australian, Canadian, Swedish and Brazilian practices can also help illuminate the similarities and differences across nations.

It combines poetry, song and dance to illuminate the commonalities and differences between women of various cultures.

The clash also illuminates differences over the future of deaf culture.