"There were genuine tremors through the profession," Lee says of the immediate aftermath of Peter's death.
Delegates to a three-day Latin American clown convention in Mexico City have distanced themselves from the murder last week of a drug lord by a hitman in fancy dress, insisting no genuine member of their profession would have committed the crime.
There is a recurring theme about the way everyone can see their flaws, yet so bewilderingly little is done about them, and it is startling that Wenger – lest it be forgotten, one of the genuine greats of his profession – is apparently now applying some loose facts to suit an increasingly flustered argument.
As his name implies, he seems to have been sought by his worshippers for wisdom and insight, and, to judge by the intense experiences of Darius (whether or not his professions are genuine) and of Zarathustra, he was probably the object of a personal devotion that appears to have been lacking with other deities.
As she takes her three-year strategy forward, she hopes the profession will become a genuine career of choice.
"We are here to make limbo tolerable," he says of his profession, though his is the genuine purgatory.
But Wilson told Guardian Australia that the "lesson for all governments" from the Carmody affair was "the necessity for appointments to judicial roles to be made solely on merit, and after genuine consultation with the judges, and the legal professions".
Prof Maggie Pearson, who chaired the main panel that oversaw nursing, dentistry, pharmacy and allied health professions, says the result is a genuine reflection of the strength of research in the area.
Whether the diplomats are being naïve or suspending disbelief about this trio is a big question, but the professions of faith in them sound genuine. .
