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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
"That hugely defined male role has disappeared and so the need for something called the New Man has gone," he argues.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2014
In these things, like Mr. Straker, he is the New Man.
From George Bernard Shaw by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
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