11.   In the movie, he saw the perfect metaphor for his final months of work at the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games.

12.   In these scenes, if nothing else, Wenders locates the perfect visual metaphor for the entire gummed-up project.

13.   It was a perfect metaphor for this town, as well as the mystery that has shrouded him.

14.   It is a terrible sight, the perfect metaphor for a country infatuated with gambling and sports.

15.   It was a spectacular dinner, and also a perfect metaphor for Los Angeles restaurants.

16.   Ms. Sterbak continues to be fascinated with electricity, a perfect metaphor for danger and seduction.

17.   Nothing against David Duval, but suffering second-degree burns while lifting a teapot is merely the perfect metaphor ever for a country club sport.

18.   Teddy becomes the perfect metaphor for this most-odd collaboration between two superb but irreconcilably different directors.

19.   That commercial for the Ameritrade company is a perfect metaphor for these times in America.

20.   The adoring back-scratching fest is a perfect metaphor for the three-way love affair between Vanity Fair, the movie industry and advertisers.