Ambiguity and, yet, a certain universality: while women have traditionally shied away from the colour for fear of standing out and looking "a bit Special K", the latest procession of starlets is proof enough that those wearing red aren't necessarily a type any more.
Their latest procession began as early as the second minute when Gareth Bale pinged a cross from the right to the far post and Ronaldo headed past Gorka Iraizoz from close range.
Summers — like the former Goldman Sachs chief executive and Bush Treasury secretary Hank Paulson — is portrayed as just the latest in a procession of policy makers who keep rotating in and out of government and the financial industry, almost always to that industry's advantage.
He's the latest in a procession of indie stars to be paid handsomely for playing shows sponsored by mobile phone companies: in the last few months, Dirty Pretty Things, the Strokes and the Rakes, to name three, have done their bit for Nokia and T-Mobile, in return for (according to the Rakes' singer) enough cash to make it worth their while.
A popular gift, particularly among the young, the Jesus Action Figure, made by a Seattle manufacturer of novelty items, is just the latest in a procession of collectibles with Christian themes to have spirited their way from church gift shops and Bible stores, their primary outlets, into youth-oriented fashion stores and other purveyors of urban hip.
It will be unveiled tomorrow on the eve of Africa Unity Day, as the latest in the procession of temporary installations which have made the empty plinth, originally intended to hold a sombre bronze general like the others in the square, one of the most spectacular and popular display spaces in Britain for contemporary art.
Every few months, it seems as if the media identifies an actress as the new young feminist darling, and Emma Watson is only the latest in the procession.
The festival, which celebrates custom and history yet does not take itself too seriously, runs from morning until night, with craft events and bands building up to a late-night torchlit procession through the streets of Penzance.
Phyllis is but the latest in an eerie procession of humanoids to insinuate themselves into the popular consciousness.
They refused to believe that this young man — the latest in a long procession of young men, of many political colorations, in their lives — did not want to persuade them of something or use them for his own ends.
As the Queen's official poet, Mr. Motion, 47 years old, is the latest in a long procession of literary lions that includes Dryden, Wordsworth and Tennyson, so his pronouncement on Mr. Dylan's place in the canon surely raised some eyebrows on both sides of the Atlantic.
