Word: heroicize
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...stories, our hero fights against people for the sake of a chivalric ideal: women and innocence need to be protected against the ever-present forces of twisted darkness. Female empowerment has never seen an incarnation quite like “Deadly Little Miho,” a heroic prostitute astoundingly fond of severing appendages. For everyone who has been frustrated by a world that seems arbitrarily evil—that is, all of us—take a trip to Sin City and fight back, if only vicariously...
...John Paul's early papacy and to his almost instantaneous rise to heroic status was the very aspect that made his election in 1978 so stunning. Unlike generations of Italian Popes brought up to pronounce on the world's great events yet largely cloistered from them, Karol Wojtyla lived in the early 20th century world about as intensely as it was imaginable to do and still survive it. Born in 1920, as Poland, a once great power, was moving toward its postwar sovereignty after more than a century of bitter subjugation, the army officer's son planned to study...
...Whatever is heroic or good in the character usually rises to the top. In Jack's case he could have been very irritating. [Softly, looking at him] But he wasn't. O.K., I'll shut...
...this day and age, there are very few opportunities to be great. I’m not talking about being a hero. Heroes sacrifice their well-being and sometimes their lives for the benefit of others, and should be emulated. Athletes are rarely heroic. As Charles Barkley famously noted, he is not a role model. However, I do believe that he was great...
...enjoyed a similar opportunity midway through the second period, springing from the penalty box at 10:19 just in time to reach a clearing effort from the Crimson zone as he passed the Colgate blue line. Reversing the strategy that would net his heroic tally, Du tested Silverthorn glove side, following a well-executed deke with a backhand effort that was turned away only by a full-extension pad save...