Word: braved
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...South Africa’s national population infected and 600 deaths each day, South Africa’s AIDS epidemic had already decimated communities. Yet because the disease remained a death sentence primarily for South Africa’s poor, its fearful name was rarely spoken. And for those brave enough to break the silence that exacerbated misunderstanding and perpetuated inaction, the price could be dear. In late 1998, a woman named Gugu Dlamini publicly announced that she was HIV-positive on radio and television stations; soon after, she was stoned to death by her own neighbors...
...telling the general at a hearing that his reports of progress in the war "really require the willing suspension of disbelief." For this, Giuliani demands an "apology," not just to the general but to all American troops in Iraq. He accuses her of "turning her back" on America's brave soldiers "just when our troops need all our support to finish...
...TIME: You're a brave man. You talk bluntly about a lot of things in your book...
...that century; New York's murder rate has fallen back to 1966 levels; and we have a movie that wants to attach the old dread to a very livable town. The Brave One makes urban paranoia a form of nostalgia. A caller to Erica's radio shows voices that sentiment. "I think it's good for New York," he says of the mystery killer's exploits. "This place was turning into Disneyland." Like the Bronson character, Erica has become a hero to edgy New Yorkers - because she kills people who deserve to die. Or, rather, she takes the role...
...murderer not to be taken down by vigilantes or executed by the state, but treated with justice and mercy. It probably wouldn't make a very good movie, but that woman was heroic. She knew that if wrongful violence begets righteous violence, we all become criminals. She was the brave...