The outbursts mean there are usually nebulae around such stars; Eta Carinae is the best-studied and most luminous known example, but may not be typical.

"The entire church thanks you for your luminous example and promises to make it our heritage," he added, in his farewell to a nun whose wild notion about founding an order devoted to the poorest of the poor was not at first welcomed in Rome nearly half a century ago.

A luminous example is the cedary, chocolate-like 1983 Cuvee du Belvedere from Le Boucou, a small grower, which is expected to arrive in New York and New Jersey this winter and is likely to sell at about $13.75.

The Banks of the Oise by Charles-Francois Daubigny The Banks of the Oise by French impressionist Charles-Francois Daubigny is a luminous example of a plein air composition.

Considered from every point of view, Joan of Arc is Mark Twain's supreme literary expression, the loftiest, the most delicate, the most luminous example of his work.

The China Institute in Manhattan is exhibiting 77 luminous examples borrowed from museums and private collections all over the world.

The Davis quintet was the rare exception, a luminous example of participatory democracy in jazz.

The patterns were always retained in their essence in the various country dances, of which the new "Ireland's Gift" is a luminous example.