Word: heroicize
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Madelon Rosenfeld, a former criminal lawyer now working as an independent producer in New York City, was on the phone to Wilshire Court Productions in Los Angeles just hours after the World Trade Center bombing. Her proposal: How about a TV movie based on the heroic deeds performed by everyday folks caught in the disaster? On Saturday, one day after the explosion, she started meeting with people: two Brooklyn teachers whose kindergarten students were caught in the blast; a telephone repairman who set up a triage area for the injured; a mechanic who led six people to safety from...
...those who were, fully 95% stayed in the hospital, usually hooked up to life-support systems, until they died. Average cost: $150,000. The solution, say the Duke researchers, is to explain the consequences of resuscitation to seriously ill patients and listen to those who don't want heroic life-prolonging measures...
Harvard may be long way from Ithaca but heroic-age Greece and modern-age academia have at least a few things in common Just as Penelope's suitors descended on her house, dissipating her resources, Harvard's undergraduate houses are bearing the expense of a similar class...
...have every right to dream heroic dreams," Reagan said...
...best uses of interactive technology is in the exhibit dealing with last year's riots in Los Angeles. Viewers can move through a time line detailing events before and during the disturbance as well as the media's role, heroic acts and the conflagration's aftermath. By hitting a few buttons, people can call up interviews with community residents, police, fire fighters and gang members. The computer asks visitors questions about their views of the episode, and those who answer can find out how other people responded...