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Since marital separation did not fit Paine's idealized portrait of the girl who loved to say her prayers and adored her mother, he deals only briefly and reticently with the most important event of little Lillian's life: the breakup of her parents' marriage.

Pre-eminently rational and practical, discreet and dispassionate in his estimate and acceptance of life, the obvious sanity and serenity of his worldly wisdom effectually disguise a shy and splendid idealism which is of the very essence of the man.

She was, it seemed, ideally equipped to withstand the ice.

His stewardship of Sundance has been criticised in Down and Dirty Pictures, a new book by Peter Biskind (Easy Riders, Raging Bulls), in which he is portrayed as an indecisive micromanager who has sold out its original ideals.

He changed his politics a number of times in his life, but he never forsook his ideal of European unity or his hatred of nationalism.

Mr Stahly, who tested the first batch of tinned haggis to come out of Chicago to ensure it lived up to its Scottish counterpart, said: "We chose to base our US operation in Chicago because of its strong links with the meat industry and its geographical location is an ideal gateway to the US and Canadian marketplace." Non-runner: the idea that the marbles can somehow be 'returned' to the Parthenon is misconceived Credulous, idealistic or simply out of touch with reality, many are romantics smitten with the idea that the marbles can somehow be "returned" to the Parthenon, which is in fact a total ruin.

An ideal copy can surpass the original, or at least stand in adequately for original thinkers unavailable due to death or other unfortunate circumstances.

Amorous misadventures starting in the month before Christmas, cannily released in the month before Christmas, fortuitously touching on an American president's visit to Britain - but there real-life parallels end; for our boyishly idealistic PM makes a speech mentioning Churchill and Shakespeare and refuses to be bullied.

It is, after all, a political junkie's ideal state, where voters are remarkably well-read and current on the issues.

Yes, art is about ideals and beauty and all that.

Portable and flexible, they were a kind of instant architecture, ideal for dividing interior space into extemporaneous nooks and compartments and effective for warding off prying eyes and unwelcome breezes outdoors.

Both glorify a warrior ethos, an ideal of valor that gained resonance as samurai culture was on the wane.

A new exhibit at a local museum explores how and why the town opposed a project that symbolized a new era of idealism.

"He knew that Asda was about to introduce a new range of children's cakes, and saw that our product would be ideal.

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