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...Marvel Comics hero, a special gift is also a curse. He didn't ask for the ability to soar, to have his senses tuned to an impossible acuity, to be a hulk or a vampire; it just came over him, like the surge of puberty. His gift isolates him from society, bruises and confuses him. And since he is not always in control of his power, it becomes an addiction in need of medication. If only there were a therapy group for his kind--a Superheroes Anonymous...
...only cunning wrinkle in this series is the collective hero: a dozen or more supernal types, each bending the laws of physics in a peculiar fashion, each trying not to obstruct the others while implicitly angling for a spin-off series of his or her own. Though this tactic offers a pleasing congestion, it risks piling on--cluttering the narrative with myriad subplots. Singer figures the audience won't mind as long as the actors have the requisite dishiness. As they do. Janssen can look into our minds anytime. Jackman, on the verge of stardom for three years, grows ever...
...believe the real hero in the ordeal of POW Jessica Lynch [WITH THE TROOPS, April 14] is Mohammed, the Iraqi lawyer who walked approximately 36 miles over two days to bring information to the Marines about a young woman being held in a hospital. Of course, Lynch underwent a horrendous experience; I cannot imagine the terror that went through that young woman's mind. Labeling her a hero, however, is a misuse of the word. The Iraqi lawyer who put his life on the line to make the rescue possible is unquestionably the true hero in this terrible saga. Lynch...
...DIED. JANKO BOBETKO, 84, former Croatian army chief and war-crimes suspect, who was hailed as a hero of the country's independence struggle; in Zagreb. Bobetko fought in the antifascist forces during World War II and then joined the Yugoslav army. After Croatia's 1991 declaration of independence from Yugoslavia, which triggered a six-month war against Serb rebels, Bobetko joined the Croatian army and was appointed its Chief of Staff in 1992. Last September the U.N. war-crimes tribunal in the Hague accused Bobetko of being responsible for the killings of some 100 Serb civilians and soldiers during...
...Everyone I know and love is a hero to me in different ways, but especially my mother. If I have to pick from the famous crew, it would be Martin Luther King Jr., Gabriel Garcia Marquez and photographer Diane Arbus. She’s amazing...