Cultural historians will turn to the collection in an effort to shed greater light on this paradoxical figure who typified the acid-fueled, utopian indulgences of a far younger generation.

But then, as Shaffer remembers, 'he was a very paradoxical figure, Kenneth'.

As an aesthete Ashbery is a paradoxical figure in that he seems willing to incorporate virtually everything.

The testimony of Gaius Helen's own diary, while understandably self-serving in some ways, contributes no small insight mto this extraordinary and paradoxical figure.

"It is unique among rearrangement puzzles in its ability to transform these simple, geometric pieces into charming, elegant, sophisticated and sometimes paradoxical figures."

Vaclav (Wentsel), or Jules or Julius Wentsel Reisinger (1828 - 1892) is paradoxical figure in the history of ballet.

By the time of his death in 1976 at the age of 67, Minor White had become one of the most paradoxical figures in photography.

Hodges (1744-1797) is an opaque, paradoxical figure.

However, there are paradoxical figures worthy of consideration.

Judge Sporkin has become a paradoxical figure in Washington.