Word: heroicize
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With his legs gone, Puller in an instant became half a man. It seemed virtually certain that he would leave his pregnant wife a widow. The triage experts in Danang did their heroic part, however, as, later, did the surgeons, corpsmen and therapists at the Philadelphia Naval Hospital...
Read in this context, Bainbridge's Scott is less than heroic. The novel is based on historical records, but the dialogue, descriptions and thematic patterning bear the author's elegant stamp. Her Antarctica glitters and inspires: outcrops of jet-black rock kept bald by constant winds; prismatic ice masses shot with rose, blue and violet. As Scott and the other explorers recall their experiences, they foreshadow larger events. The dinner parties and official send-offs suggest a fatal national overconfidence. Scott's sensuous, assured wife already has one lively foot in the jazz age. In a hemisphere where seasons...
...name "Chief" has stuck around, primarily for other reasons. Parish embodies the image of the heroic chief. He was always stood tall and proud, both in victory and defeat. His mere presence resonates a feeling of confidence and calmness. And while he was never one to draw attention to himself, you knew he'd always be there...
...scarce heroic efforts for the Crimson came form sophomore Amy Reinhard, who was one-for-two hitting in the first game, and contributed an impressive defensive effort throughout the day. Senior Nancy Johnson contributed a perfect hitting performance in the first game (three-for-three), as did Kennon in the second (two-for-two). But on the whole it was a day the team would not like to dwell...
From the minarets of Gaza City mosques last week, Hamas sheiks praised the "heroic" suicide bomber of Afula. Boys pelted Israeli military headquarters in Gaza City with stones, then waited for the inevitable rubber bullets. A donkey carcass lay rotting by the side of the road in Jabalia camp. Small boys dragged tires to construct a barricade, filling the air with the acrid smell of burning rubber. A few miles away, the police building stood empty, the morning's expectation of handshakes and smiles all but forgotten...