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Russo embraces this idealized New Man while his character rejects it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
“I was in charge of New Man jeans,” said Mr. Blahnik, nattily attired in a bespoke vanilla linen suit, sky blue and white striped knit tie, and saddle shoes.
From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2017
Is there such a thing as the New Man?
From Slate • Nov. 21, 2014
The New Man rose to prominence in the 1980s like an exotic new species, happy to do the washing up or change a nappy.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2014
Here have we literary and cultured persons been for years setting up a cry of the New Woman whenever some unusually old fashioned female came along; and never noticing the advent of the New Man.
From Man and Superman by Shaw, Bernard
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