Word: paragone
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...light and gracious. Lily "told no anecdotes about admirers, or humorous scrapes in which she herself appeared as a figure of good entertainment value; she did not take out her mirror and gaze, spellbound, at her own reflection; there was nothing consciously graceful about any of her gestures." This paragon of modern virtue fell in love with Lionel...
...merry members of that paragon of elementary science courses, which includes a survey of practical politics, ethics, current events, and similar attractive features, namely Geology 1, will be treated to a cinema show this evening at 7.30 o'clock...
Students in that paragon of English composition courses, English 22, will be treated to a guest lecturer today when Miss Dorothy Speare, the author of the cinema "One Night of Love," will speak to the members assembled in Sever 11 at 2 o'clock on her experiences as a scenario writer in Hollywood. All students who are interested in the literary side of Hollywood life are invited to attend...
...long such tirades might have continued had not Rufus Daniel Isaacs been in the House is conjectural. This Jew of Jews, this Disraelian paragon of Empire, the great Marquess of Reading, was Lord Chief Justice of England (1913-21), be fore he became High Commissioner and Special Envoy to borrow wartime millions in the U. S. through J. P. Morgan ;; Co. Gently interposing last week, Rufus Daniel Isaacs proposed to rephrase the offending clause, "so that it should not operate to the prejudice of anybody now a Lord Justice...
...professors were as proud of Bob Michelet as his classmates and coaches were. History was his favorite subject but he drew down A's in philosophy, political science, sociology and economics. No aloof paragon, he liked to watch hockey games, play casino, go to the movies, bring girls up to proms and the Winter Carnival. He never missed a chance to lend a fellow athlete a hand with his studies...