Word: paragoning
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...Crimson teammates depict Rose as the paragon of optimism in the face of her surgery. Even her coach found her positive attitude remarkable...
...surreal development in the American electorate's psychology that Powell should be the Ashley Wilkes in this piece, the unavailable paragon. (Pursuing the analogy too far is tough, since it involves transforming either Bob Dole or Bill Clinton into Rhett Butler.) As Powell's case shows, the romance of the withheld is powerful. Scarlett wanted Ashley because she could not have him. Human nature yearns for--idealizes--what is placed out of reach: Lycidas, the hero who dies in youth; Camelot, the bright, magic might-have-been. A politics of Zen--the most powerful presence is someone...
Moreover, Allen in his understated way was voicing some stunning heresies--stunning for an AT&T head anyway. The company had long been almost synonymous with Big Business, and for more than a century a paragon of vertical integration--the tying together of suppliers and customers into one company. But now Allen calls vertical integration "an idea whose time has passed" and says that "we've reached the point where the advantages of our size will be offset by the time and costs in coordinating and integrating sometimes conflicting business strategies." Translation: the company's parts, notably telephone service...
...spiritual. Her orgasms are liberating, exhausting visits to a land where he is king. ("Robert," she exclaims in postcoital awe, "you're so powerful, it's frightening!") In the age of facetiousness, could any director film this without giggling? Would any actor dare display himself as such a paragon of pagan love...
...learn the basics of history or art or literature at the paragon of higher education that is Harvard University, then I'm going to pack it in and head for my local community college...