Word: heroisms
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...like Commodus, Gotti, who died of cancer in a prison hospital last week at 61, made up for his shortcomings with entertainments. He threw Fourth of July parties for his neighbors in Queens, N.Y., making himself the toast of the locals. (His folk-heroism was always a peculiarly parochial, New York City phenomenon, like Ed Koch or egg creams.) He made like a mobster out of central casting, plunging into night life wearing $2,000 suits (hence his nickname "the Dapper Don") and taunting the feds by being acquitted three times (hence, "the Teflon Don") before the charges stuck...
...Barton did deliberately start the fires, the question that everyone wants to know is, well, why would anyone do such a monumentally stupid thing? Investigators say that it's not uncommon for some firefighters to start fires to get attention for their heroism in putting them out. Accident or not, there is no excuse for what Barton did - but there may eventually be an explanation...
...Writing." Spider-Man is actually well written; its taut script mixes serious and thoughtful characterization with over-the-top action and excitement. People are genuinely moved by some of the film's more dramatic scenes. It is this emotional component of Spider-Man's tortured-soul brand of heroism--as he realizes that his loved ones could be put in danger because of his superheroics and that happiness will often take a backseat to his altruism--that makes people identify with the film and want to see it over again. TONY WOLF New York City...
...human bombers to blow themselves and Israelis apart in restaurants and cafes. And the Palestinians sent their message in return: they can kill Israelis in Palestinian towns just as well as in Tel Aviv. Under the slabs of fallen masonry in Jenin is a new legend of martyrdom and heroism, one that will be used in years to come to stiffen the sinews of those who would fight against Israeli rule: mailed fist met by defiant resistance. Written in the twisted metal and crushed cinder block of Jenin is the new reality of an old conflict with...
...hopelessness of the present are different. However bleak the world was before the Oslo peace process began, there was still a sense that progress might be made, if only visionary leaders could emerge and guide their peoples forward into the light. Then there was Oslo, and the heroism of Yitzhak Rabin, and the apparent conversion of Yasser Arafat to the cause of peace. There were Nobel Peace prizes for all concerned, and limited sovereignty for Palestine, and the promise that there would be an end to war, because peace was the desire of both peoples...