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...Church. “That year, I learned how to deal with evil,” Rusesabagina said. Approximately 800,000 people were killed in 100 days during the genocide. Rusesabagina, who was made head of the Belgian-owned hotel soon after the genocide began, is seen as a hero for his role in guarding the 1,268 Tutsis and moderate Hutus who sought refuge at the hotel from the killings. As the vast majority of foreigners fled the country, Rusesabagina was twice given the opportunity to leave Rwanda, but he chose to stay. “If I leave...
...this double voyage, Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer re-enlisted the old crew: director Gore Verbinski, writers Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott and stars Johnny Depp (as scurvy Captain Jack), Orlando Bloom (the young hero, Will Turner) and Keira Knightley (Will's fianc, Elizabeth Swann). They all seem pumped. "There's a kid inside most of the people on this crew," Verbinski says, "that gets juiced to get up in the morning and say, 'Hey, we're doing this.' This is the type of movie that says it's fun to go to the theater again...
...doesn't want to become a martyr for jihad, an al-Qaeda hero...
...world badly wanted a hero as dramatically poised as the captain to rescue it from an engulfing ocean of doubt...
...Hour. But one event alone occupied the major attention of the U.S. in 1952. When General Eisenhower, an authentic hero both at home and abroad, resigned his job as head of NATO's armies to enter the U.S. political arena, many innocent Europeans (as well as many informed Americans) took it for granted that he had been appointed 1952's Man of Destiny, almost by acclamation...