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...much calmer Why We Fight, the improbable hero is Dwight Eisenhower. As Supreme Allied Commander of World War II, he opposed dropping the atom bomb on Hiroshima, according to his son John, who is interviewed in the film. In his 1961 farewell address as President, Eisenhower cautioned against the sprawling "military industrial complex." To Jarecki (The Trials of Henry Kissinger), Eisenhower was a Cassandra unheeded. In the years since Ike issued his warning, the military budget has grown exponentially, and the complex is ever more complex, embracing the Pentagon, the arms industry, Congress, think tanks and a large slice...
...No.2?ranked Texas Longhorns, Young came in second to University of Southern California tailback Reggie Bush in Heisman Trophy votes in December. But when Young upset Bush's top-ranked team in an electrifying Rose Bowl game last week, he became sport's No. 1 underdog hero. "I'm just a real blessed guy," says Young, who must decide by Jan. 15 whether to return senior year or enter the NFL If Young picks the pros, he'll face Bush again?for the No.1 draft pick...
...Actually, far more people watch 24-an addictive comic book of a show-than the serious films. There is an indomitable hero, Jack Bauer, who saves the world from evil with stunning regularity. But Bauer is different from pre-9/11 action heroes: he routinely and rather zestfully tortures people, which almost always results in the acquisition of crucial information. Indeed, whenever someone says, "Jack, you can't do that," the only reasonable viewer response is "Oh, shut up! Go for it, Jack." The show's message is not very subtle: We can win this war, but only...
...Monte and his family now live. "I was shocked, surprised and proud of my baby when I heard what he did," Williams, 27, says of De'Monte. "I tell him he's a superhero." And a humble one at that. "It feels good that people call me a hero," says De'Monte. "But I don't know why they do." He's attending elementary school in San Antonio, where he says he likes art, science and basketball. Perhaps someday, if we're lucky, he'll grow up to be an emergency-response official...
Like many other Indonesians, Erwin has only one name. But he has been many things. He is unemployed, but before Dec. 26, 2004, he was a flower seller. Then the tsunami hit the Indonesian city of Banda Aceh, and for a moment Erwin became a hero. Trapped with hundreds of people seeking higher ground, he stood on the city's humpback bridge. Below him were thundering waves. "I stood there, staring helplessly at black water that looked more like heavy mud," he recalls. "It was filled with corpses, cars, dead animals and rubble from destroyed houses." Then he heard...