Word: heros
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...national treasure in his native Canada, he left behind a country in mourning for the loss of their hero...
First, my name isn't Dan. It's James Danforth Quayle. I like people to call me Dan, like Lieutenant Dan in "Forest Gump." Forest Gump is my hero...
...isolation. U.S. intelligence officials and diplomats say they've picked up no evidence that he's cracking under the bombing or considering any serious diplomatic feelers. Serbs--even as they are watching TV shows on how to explain bombing to their children--are ready to canonize him as the hero who has stood up to the world's superpower. And the White House has been careful so far not to label him explicitly a war criminal, to the relief of some NATO officials who realize the alliance may still have to negotiate with him. Asked last Thursday if he thought...
...Monday and on the eve of a major recession? I doubt it. By contrast, Ralph Ellison (Commencement speaker in 1974) will always be a great novelist, Oscar Arias (speaker in 1988) will always be a crusader for peace and Colin Powell (speaker in 1993) will always be a military hero...
...honor our more famous political alumni with plaques, with speeches and with honorary degrees. But even if yet another Harvard alum is elected to the White House seat next year, it will do nothing to diminish the stature of this local hero...