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...difficult man, hard to read and closed. But we have forgiven him." Kavkaz Chat, a website funded by radical Islamists, had little time for Maskhadov when he was alive. Within hours of his death, however, it was deluged with hundreds of messages hailing him as a national hero and shahid, or martyr, for Islam. Radical guerrilla leaders added a twist to the message. Maskhadov's death, their chief propagandist, Movladi Udugov, declared, marks a "new period" in the war with Russia. There will be no negotiations or temporary halts in fighting, he said, vowing the war will end "only when...
...cities and villages. Rebels like these carried out the Moscow theater raid and the Beslan school seizure. And last month Basayev warned that he was planning more "Beslan-type" operations. For men like this, Maskhadov's death is a double gift. It provides the resistance with a new national hero, and it removes the one man who tried to prevent them from waging all-out war on Russia and its people...
...don’t tell me that Marsh isn’t a hero. Don’t act as though Soper’s sacrifices were for nothing. And don’t pretend that you wouldn’t trade places with Schwartz in a heartbeat...
...visit with the man behind baseball’s killer record turns up all the qualities of a Boston folk hero. He’s stocky, quick to smile, round-faced, and Irish. His accent is Beantown, chowder, Cheers, and Papi—combined...
Along the way, Rodney befriends a ragtag team of down-on-their-luck robots, voiced by Robin Williams, Amanda Bynes, Drew Carey, Paul Giamatti, and Jennifer Coolidge (better known as “Stifler’s mom”). The innovative Rodney becomes a hero to the downtrodden, rusty robots and, with the help of love interest Cappy (Halle Berry), takes on the bad guys and saves the day. The story’s naive morality might cause viewers to stand and cheer at the end, if only the film were even remotely bearable to watch...