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...historic season by the now-18-1 Patriots had morphed into an exhilarating back-and-forth battle, we focused on the TV set and friendly banter was replaced by monosyllabic exclamations of joy and disgust. During the epic fourth quarter that saw three lead changes and a heroic performance by Manning, the emotional rollercoaster the spectators in the room were riding was twisting and looping at full speed. After the Giants took the lead for the first time since their opening drive, a new hope sprung up in New York fans, while those backing New England seemed to realize...
...whose influence grew apace in rural areas around the country. Rumors swirled depicting Gyanendra as a man given to superstition and mysticism, who would sooner look to the stars or a coterie of tantric priests for counsel than his political advisers. "He wanted control, he wanted to be a heroic savior," says a source close to the court, "but he had few actual ideas...
...perceived airbrushing of the less heroic elements of the Titanic story that has left some locals unconvinced. For them, the Titanic Quarter is as much a developers' dream as a civic endeavor. "The Titanic is of such importance to the city and to Western culture," says Belfast-born Bill Neill, Professor of Spatial Planning at Aberdeen University, "but this vapid project represents a whitewashed history. [The developers] are inventing a past that never existed...
...Success, once gained, was never flaunted, simply filed away. Hillary remained always modest, always a little uncomfortable with his knighthood and his hero status. "I never deny the fact that I think I did pretty well on Everest," he said. "But I was not the heroic figure the media and the public made me out to be." Nor was Everest's summit the highest point of his life. "For me the most rewarding moments have not always been the great moments," he wrote in his memoir Nothing Venture, Nothing Win, "for what can surpass a tear on your departure...
Your life changed profoundly. It was certainly the occasion that brought me to public notice. The media created a Hillary and Tenzing that really didn't exist. They made us into heroic figures, and it didn't really matter what we thought or said or did. The main thing was that as long as I didn't believe all this rubbish that was written, I would be okay. I never did believe it. And I think I've survived reasonably well. I never deny the fact that I think I did pretty well on Everest. On the other hand, never...