Word: paragons
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Drawing mattered a great deal to Jones, more, probably, than it had to any English architect before him. He was not content to direct work with rough perspective sketches and leave details to the inherited skills of artisans. He had collected some 250 sheets by his paragon, Palladio. From these he learned the conventions of drawing to a fixed scale, combining them with a fluent pen- and-wash technique to give a truthful, not just impressionistic, account of the future building. One sees his formidable skill as both a technical and a pictorial draftsman growing right through the show. "Altro...
...Selected Letters adds another interpretation to an already overwrought tale. The age demanded a hero, Lawrence qualified, and the 20th century then got what it deserved: a loner, an ascetic, a man who might have been happier as a medieval monk than as the public cynosure he became. No paragon in his own eyes, Lawrence nonetheless remains a haunting presence in the contemporary consciousness, an indissoluble mixture of weaknesses and strength...
...confrontational tactics are the only way to improve tolerance in society, and especially in sport, they should be used in a responsible manner. Athletics should be the paragon of equal opportunity for everyone...
Start with the veracity of Joe Isuzu. Add the civic virtue of Al Capone, the greed of Ivan Boesky, the gentility of a China Seas pirate. Wed this paragon to a bimbo on the make with the vanity of a Marie Antoinette and a shopping lust that would turn a Beverly Hills divorcee envy-green. Multiply by ten and you have, approximately, the portraits of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos that Sterling Seagrave paints in this merciless account of the Filipino dictator's rise and fall...
...Kuznetsky Most Street exudes a civilized calm. Near the entrance a red-and- gold sign proclaims that the public is welcome 24 hours a day. Two guards politely answer questions, and visitors can leaf through the neatly arranged newspapers while relaxing on comfortable brown leather sofas. This paragon of bureaucratic efficiency is the reception center of the Committee for State Security, better known by its initials...