Word: exemplar
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...been an extremely successful political strategy, and it rests on a basic truth: capitalism is the best way to create prosperity. But the strategy frays when taken to its extreme: the more untrammeled the capitalism, the greater the inequities. And with George W. Bush as freedom's ultimate exemplar, the G.O.P. has refused to acknowledge the new playing field-the severe dislocations and vexing security questions-created by a freewheeling global economy. But the Bush view has taken a serious hit in the Dubai Ports controversy. The Republicans have shattered over foreign ownership of American assets. They seem as confused...
...Powers and the history of his club might be of interest to you new citizens of Red Sox Nation. Powers is an exemplar of the kind of fan you have now joined in fraternity. His dedication-indeed, his courage and fortitude-are what this Bosox question is all about, at bottom...
...before Iraq, the Prime Minister was seen as a cool, distant, slightly dodgy figure. That was due in part to Blair's personality-he is awkward at empathy, his nervous smile six teeth too many-but it is also a consequence of his creed. Blair, like Clinton, is an exemplar of the Third Way, which is not exactly a fighting faith. It is an attempt to take governance seriously, to provide needed services efficiently while removing the crushing indifference and incompetence of industrial-age bureaucracy...
After wresting independence from France in 1962, Algeria established itself as an exemplar of Third World socialism, often criticizing U.S. foreign policy and breaking diplomatic ties with Washington during the 1967 Six-Day War. While Algeria renewed relations with the U.S. seven years later, it is Colonel Chadli Bendjedid, President since 1979, who has launched his country on a more moderate course. Last week Bendjedid became the first Algerian leader to make a state visit...
...wealth, brilliance of faculty and students, and institutional power—to combat the prevailing trends in academia. Harvard is the most famous university in the world, and I hardly think that it’s “cheap journalism” to use its curriculum as an exemplar of flaws in American higher education that need to be corrected...