Samantha Henig points out that Ally McBeal, the late-nineties TV paragon of desperate singledom, was supposed to be twenty-seven when the show began — a freak-out timeline that already seems quaint for an urban professional.
Samantha Henig points out that Ally McBeal, the late-nineties TV paragon of desperate singledom, was supposed to be twenty-seven when the show began a freak-out timeline that already seems quaint for an urban professional.
Anyway, by the late '60s those paragons were going or gone, and there were new dogs in town.
That said, it's altogether possible that male readers who long for works of fiction (scarce of late) that provide paragons of masculine excellence will find pleasure in this Boys' Own tale for grown-ups.
Eisenhower's long-alleged affair with Kay Summersby has not much tarnished his reputation as an officer; even Hood, whose late campaigns were disastrous, is remembered as a paragon of bravery, if not of good planning.
He was the architect of a late-career boost for Freddie Hubbard, the postbop trumpet paragon, who died in 2008.
Ian Fleming's James Bond is a 60-a-day man (Balkan and Turkish with three gold bands on the filter), but in the latest Bond film, Casino Royale, 007 is a smoke-free paragon – a man fully in tune with the rather strange morals of the first decade of the 21st century.
BRANTLEY 'FAT PIG.' Neil LaBute's latest work is on one level yet another demonstration that men are paragons of bad faith and cowardice, a judgmental tradition that this writer established with his screenplay for "In the Company of Men".
The verdict is the latest that raises questions about the ethics in the early days of Genentech, which is considered a paragon of the biotech industry.
Retailing queen Supaluck Umpujh, is one of 7 children of the late Supachai Umpujh, founder of the Mall Group, best known for such Bangkok shopping havens as Siam Paragon, The Mall and The Emporium.
