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...nation continually transforms itself, so does its idea of what is acceptable and what, indeed, constitutes a hero. At first, those touted as model citizens were chosen for their political pedigrees and correctness, and used as propaganda tools by the Communist Party. Of all the comrades who were lionized, a young soldier named Lei Feng, utterly loyal to the Party, came to epitomize the ultimate hero...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Family Journey | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

...reciting graphic poetry to a shocked elderly woman buying flowers. While Eckhart is not quite so striking in his portrayal of Burke as he was as Two-Face in “The Dark Knight,” he is convincing as the outwardly charming, inwardly troubled hero. And though she doesn’t stretch too far from her other recent romantic roles in “He’s Just Not That Into You” and “The Break Up,” Aniston is genuinely funny as Eloise. Ultimately, the weakness...

Author: By Anna E Sakellariadis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Love Happens | 9/18/2009 | See Source »

Besides weighing in on a discussion on judicial philosophy, Justice Souter reminisced on lectures he had attended in Emerson Hall--where yesterday's event occurred-- and named English Professor Louis Menand as a personal hero...

Author: By Luis Urbina | Title: Spotted: Erstwhile Lowellian, Adjudicator | 9/18/2009 | See Source »

When Monday morning inconspicuously turns Friday night’s MVP into that random guy in section, to many Cambridge youth, the hero lives...

Author: By Alexandra J. Mihalek, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ALEX IN WONDERLAND: Young Fans Back Harvard Sports | 9/16/2009 | See Source »

...Taiji eat dolphin, like the rest of the town's population. Junichiro Yamashita, who years ago raised national awareness of dolphin meat's health risks as Taiji's local assemblyman, was interviewed for the film along with current assemblyman Hisato Ryono. But Ryono, who was touted as a hero on the mercury issue in the documentary, told a local television station that he was informed his interview would be used in a film on "international contamination of the oceans," not for the Cove project. He has requested that the filmmakers edit out the parts in which he appears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan Gets Its First Chance to See The Cove | 9/16/2009 | See Source »

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