So it is a surprise that this bellwether seems to have taken a turn for the better.
In the last-eight game of the Fujitsu Cup, Gu Li, the bellwether of Chinese Weiqi players, didn't let his fans down, and prevailed Korean player Lee SeDol in the middle game.
The belt on her belly was so tight that she bellowed like a bellwether.
Like iron ore, copper, the bellwether industrial metal, is being snapped up by Chinese manufacturers as China pushes forward with stimulus-boosted industrialisation.
IBM is considered the bellwether stock on Wall Street.
For ALL the woes of the city that hosts it, Detroit's annual motor show is still a bellwether for America's car industry.
Intel Corp , for instance, hastraditionally been a bellwether for thesemiconductor industry.
The degree to which the paper is censored is a political bellwether(Justine De Lacy)
The giant online retailer of goods ranging from books, toys and CDs to tools is not simply a bellwether of e-commerce.
University campuses are often the bellwether of change.
The wintry state of Vermont is no bellwether.