It presents Roosevelt as an attractive and admirable public figure.

I'm a Christian in the sense that I find Jesus Christ to be an admirable historical figure.

Yet he is one of those neglected, careful, seemingly incorruptible, admirable figures that India's independence movement and democracy have managed to produce regularly.

We need not "isolate" these admirable figures or "leave them to fester in their own juices."

It was just another picture of another attractive girl, yet there was something more than the splendid legs, the admirable figure, the long and beautiful neck.

Kit could not help noticing how unusually tall he was, what an admirable figure he cut when he stood erect in his flowing white garment.

The historian AJP Taylor said he was "the only wholly admirable figure in modern history".

The deaths of heroes and other admirable figures are frequently attributed to Turanians.

His habits may have compromised his talent, but Thompson remains an admirable figure of longevity in a business known for its temporary nature.

So, a white woman singing the blues - who won't sell her body (or her soul) to MTV - is a defiant, admirable figure.