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From the rehabilitation camp where he was weaned off drugs and violence (not an easy task; Beah calls the workers there "truly heroic"), the former soldier went to live with an uncle. But the civil war was not over, and his uncle died, so Beah, who had visited New York City in 1996 as a guest of the U.N., eventually was adopted by a woman he met then. He went to school and college. And now, in one of those American-dreamlike turns, he's going on a 10-city book tour sponsored by Starbucks...
Nevertheless, in an institution famously averse to strong leadership, there continue to be heard calls for a strong and heroic leader, and in certain quarters, a leader who can regain control and put the faculties in their place. In an age where corporate dictators are out of fashion, and many are out of work or in jail, there are some, even here, who long for a charismatic figure on a white horse who can get things done. Josiah Quincy, Class of 1790, president from 1829 to 1845, was just such a person. He was not an academic, but a lawyer...
...Indonesia's fast-disappearing forests have met with scant success, for example. Even Keiko the killer whale (the inspiration for the Free Willy movies) ended up in a Norwegian harbor, cadging food from fishermen and tourists. Says Jim Harkness, former head of the WWF in China: "Reintroduction is a heroic measure, costly and high risk. It should be a last resort that is attempted only when the wild population is no longer viable...
...performance device. It's a weakness that Fox lets his audiences see, like his characters' crying bouts or the fact that his voice is a little small for his body. These things make you think he's a guy just like you, if you were a little more heroic and had a skull made of granite...
Most judges would look heroic for defending the people's right to know what goes on in court. Gerard Lynch just looks mean...