Profiles describe a notable person in the fields of science or medicine.
It is a news story about the life of a notable person.
"What's notable about him is that he is otherwise not a notable person," Mr. Doody said.
"He was a notable person," said his father, Ronald Link, something his son's modesty had never betrayed.
"If a notable person lived there or a significant historical event took place or if the building had architectural significance, Dorothy would speak to all three," Mr. Spinelli said.
The format, for the benefit of anyone inseparable from the box, is that a notable person is interviewed about his or her life and views and is asked to select eight records to take to an imaginary desert island.
Your article might include a full account of a particular historical event, an interview with a notable person, an explanation of the scientific experiment or innovation, or a review of a book or piece of artwork from the period.
Often the question, "So what's next for you?" comes at the end of a profile about a notable person leaving a prominent position.
A colleague of mine often reminds me that collectors of books and historical documents are motivated by an emotional desire to identify with a notable person or his time, and this is true whether they buy as a gift, for their office, for their home or to keep next to their bed in a drawer.
The press took this for the first public comment by a notable person on the crisis and it became front page news the following day.
The premature, tragic death of a notable person jolts us out of our daily routines and shapes the perspective we have of our own mortality.
