Word: fontenoy
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...murder innocent humans because we are frustrated by our situation in life, and we reject the excuses of those who do. Susan Star Durban, South Africa Admirable, Not Heroic? re Time's list of "European Heroes 2005" [Oct. 10]: I dispute your selection of Frenchwoman Maud Fontenoy, who rowed across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in a small boat. Certainly she has courage, determination, strength, resilience and stamina, and her long-distance rowing achievements are admirable, but she is no hero. If she channeled her fame into raising money to combat aids or poverty, if she taught sailing to underprivileged...
...Germany's biggest rock star, for his Your Voice Against Poverty campaign; Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, for his compelling onscreen depictions of gay life; Bishop Kevin Dowling, for his work with AIDS patients in South Africa; Asma-Maria Andraos, for leading Lebanon's freedom fight; and Maud Fontenoy, for rowing solo across the Pacific. For us at Time, it was like seeing the pages of our magazine come to life. And we were delighted to be among such amazing people...