This year Chopin and Schumann, both born 200 years ago, have attracted widespread attention; among the worthy figures overshadowed is the American composer Samuel Barber, born in 1910.
Bresnan's batting average is just into the forties, his bowling average in the mid-twenties – worthy figures for an all-rounder.
Amina Dear Amina There is something patronising and demeaning when we say to a generation that, unless you look up to these worthy figures, you must stay in darkness.
In leading the Cubs to their first World Championship since 1908, Maddon has become a revered, statue-worthy figure.
Focus Creeps (Aaron Brown and Ben Chappel, plus a tight-knit group of collaborators and friends) is a directing unit that's gone from producing raw and underground films documenting the some of the more buzz-worthy figures from music scenes around the US, to helping define the visual, global language of today's youth.
While Sacagawea, and before her, Susan B. Anthony, certainly are worthy historical figures, the widespread support for a $1 coin requires an image widely recognized by the public at large: a recently deceased former president, say.
Because when you take away romance, a swoon-worthy central figure, and the pretence someone might actually fall in love, interesting things fill the void.
It is true that nobody really knows how the QE medicine works but two of three countries that took a large gulp – the US and the UK – at least produced growth figures worthy of the name.
But the plotting is B-feature stuff and Kahil is a creepy, ingratiating figure, worthy of anyone's suspicion.
LBJ, I suggest, is the most Shakespearean of American presidents, a figure worthy of Lear and Falstaff, Caesar and Macbeth.
