And we need to publicly acknowledge, respect and honor men who don't push to be a hard-driving professional or CEO if they don't want to and follow their passion instead, who seek an emotional bond with those close to them, who don't let their egos and sex life get bruised if their partners make more money than they do, who honor skills of listening and empathy as well as focus and accomplishment.
My friend, who we'll call Sara, was a hard-charging professional whose career required her to be super competitive.
Drooling and howling aside, he is a hard-working professional who brings solid reporting and exceptional narrative skills to a subgenre woefully in need of them.
After Basie, Ellington, lots of studio work and years of traveling around the world as a bandleader, he is a hard-core professional, with a sense of humor that gets him through any difficulties.
Still, in these fragile economic times when only the wealthy -- and that includes some athletes -- appear to be prospering, soliciting sympathy from the public is a hard sell for professional athletes.
It's a hard thing for the professional glutton to say, but I searched in vain for anything that suggested a gastronomic good time.
At the far end, in front of a pull-down paper backdrop, is a hard wooden chair flanked by professional tungsten lights, facing a Nikon on a tripod and, just to the right of it, an adjustable, full-length mirror.
The triumph at Hampden belonged to the entire Celtic team, because the 2-0 Scottish League Cup final win was a hard-fought and professional display rather than a sweeping aside of Dundee United.
She is a hard-working middle-class professional who spent her childhood in one of the great northern beauty spots, Alston, in Cumbria.
The modern professional is a hard-hitting powerhouse - strong, quick and agile.
Emigrant health professionals are a hard-to-reach group.
