Word: paragoning
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...more exalted moods, man puts the question differently: "Am I not, indeed, the paragon of the creation, distinctive, unique, set apart and above it by my faculty of reason?" But man has only to observe himself in his dining, bath and bed rooms to feel a stabbing sense of his kinship with the animals...
Oaxaca's title-loving Governor Edmundo Sanchez Cano (who usually signs himself Doctor-Governor-General-Pilot) had been no administrative paragon. Examples: the road he built for President Avila Camacho's 1946 visit had washed away with the first rains; Oaxaca's streets were in terrible shape; enemies charged that tax revenues had vanished without trace. Last week Sánchez' police shot and killed five demonstrators at Etla, just outside Oaxaca. Aleman acted swiftly, sent his Minister of Interior to investigate. Sanchez resigned. In six other states, governors who were having their troubles shivered...
...this paragon of virtue that she should set herself up as judge and jury? And what does she know of ... the life of a serviceman's wife...
...dominant character and the root of the family troubles. She used her ulcer and her bad teeth to help maintain her rule. One of her favorite subjects was an older daughter, Laura, who had died at eight of a bad heart. Laura had been a paragon of beauty and intelligence and, in Mrs. Q's opinion, Catherine resembled her. Result: Catherine, whose intelligence was mediocre, overworked at school to get good marks, and developed imitative heart trouble. In contrast, Mrs. Q considered Agnes "dumb," the symbol of her own failure in life. Result: Agnes stayed timidly at home, rarely...
...were limits. Families with more than four children would get a little less than the basic allowances. Benefits for the fifth child would be $1 less than the basic allowance, $2 less for the sixth and seventh children, $3 less for the eighth and all the rest. But a paragon who had sired 15 children in 16 years would still be able to draw $816 a year from the treasury. By July 1, 1946 the Dionnes would draw $420 for the quintuplets alone...