Word: paragone
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...People are saying we no longer need to see aPresident who is a moral paragon of virtue," shesays. "The President can be like us, not largerthen us or larger than life...
...undergraduate student in the mid-1960s, Georgi says his master in Eliot House, John H. Finley '25, was a paragon of leadership--devoting a great deal of personal attention to students and memorizing each resident's name...
...would be best, of course, if you were a player, a singer, a fellow musician. But with luck and fine timing, you could also be a casual guest, a dinner companion, a colleague's spouse--even, if the furies were snoozing, a journalist. In 1988 Sinatra, the paragon of show-biz sangfroid, told Larry King, "I swear on my mother's soul, the first four or five seconds, I tremble every time I take the step and I walk out of the wing onto the stage, because I wonder if it will be there when I go for the first...
...absurd waste of time to an absurd waste of money, as well. With walkie-talkie headsets and wrist blasters, "Assassin" troopers aspire toward Boba Fett (dude, that was so stupid how he died; I couldn't believe it, he was such a badass) but remain definitely Playskool. The paragon of dorkiness...
...undergraduate student in the mid-1960s,Georgi says his master in Eliot House, John H.Finley '25, was a paragon of leadership--devotinga great deal of personal attention to students andmemorizing each resident's name...