Word: paragone
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...which was created in 1994 as an interim body for Palestinian self-rule in the occupied territories as a prelude to statehood, is now in shambles. After years of single-party rule by Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, the PA became a paragon of corruption and mismanagement. Hamas won control of the PA's legislature and government in democratic elections of January 2006, prompting a Western boycott of much of the Authority. And after the short, sharp civil war in Gaza in June, Palestinians now have in effect two rival governments - one run by the Islamist militants of Hamas...
...prove it. Since 1998, Iwamura has conducted in-depth surveys on what the Japanese are actually eating, asking thousands of Tokyo-area parents to photograph the meals they serve their families over the course of a week. The results are surprising to anyone who believes Japan is a paragon of healthy eating. Flipping through a thick binder, she shows photos of dinner tables topped with McDonald's Happy Meals, skimpy take-out rice balls, a microwavable hamburger steak - the same kind of fast food on which a harried Western family might survive. "The gap between what we think the Japanese...
Medvedev is the paragon of a top corporate-statist-technocrat executive for the new Russian corporate state. Prior to 2002, when he came to head Gazpromexport, Medvedev had never been involved with natural gas. Born in the far eastern island of Sakhalin to the family of a Soviet air force officer, he left the island in his teens. In 1978, upon graduation from the fabled Phystech, Moscow's Institute of Physics and Technology--Russia's answer to M.I.T.--Medvedev, who majored in automated control systems, got a job with the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO...
...scientist to oversee the growth of Allston, I am comforted in having a president who has spent her life studying the foibles of our own species. Even more importantly, I am delighted that we have a president whose entire life has been dedicated to scholarship. She is a scholarly paragon and we should cherish that fact...
...Well, McGwire actually was a paragon of society. Unlike Hall of Famer Ty Cobb (a racist who once went into the stands to beat up a heckler-a heckler in a wheelchair), McGwire was a pretty good guy, especially for one with almost no discernable personality or intelligence. He didn't seek out fame, but was friendly to fans. When someone close to him told him about her childhood sexual abuse, he started a foundation and cried on TV about it. And he befriended struggling stand-up comedians. I don't know how that makes him a good person...