Word: iconization
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...English icon, the Galaxy's offer seemed smarter way to end a storied career than riding the pine for Real or transferring to a lesser English or European team. With Beckham in their midfield, Galaxy execs dream of creating a "global brand," where they play games against the world's top teams, and attract better players and more fans. His July 21 debut is against London powerhouse Chelsea, although it's an exhibition match of the sort that European clubs rarely take seriously...
...stadiums will be filled when the Beckham circus comes to town; and MLS loyalists will claim vindication from the international interest in the U.S. league prompted by Beckham's presence. "David Beckham blows through the clutter in the sports-entertainment market because he transcends sport, he is a cultural icon," says Don Garber, MLS commissioner. "There really is only one David Beckham...
...Garibaldi's legend stretched far beyond Italian shores. He had in fact begun his military career by leading independence movements in Brazil and Uruguay before returning home to lead battles to unify Italy. This "Hero of Two Worlds" would eventually become an international icon both during and after his lifetime, an archetype of the modern military folk hero who understood the link between his cult and his cause...
Indeed, Bruguiere has over the years become a recognizable icon in the world of international counter-terrorism: the dapper, pipe-smoking, sleuth whose doggedness and efficiency hunting terror masterminds forced him to pack a Magnum to fend off attacks on his own life. (In recent years, he's swapped the gun for round-the-clock bodyguards, although the nickname it earned him, "The Sheriff," has stuck.) He was known as a hands-on investigator who would literally picked through wreckage of a downed airliner, or rent a boat to enter Libya to investigate the agents he accused of blowing...
...Massoud is a figure who can stake a claim as the archetype of the modern military folk hero. Giuseppe Garibaldi, the 19th century Italian general who spent 12 years fighting for independence movements in Brazil and Uruguay before returning home to lead battles to unify Italy, was an international icon both during and after his lifetime. Though historians debate his tactical skills and political sense, few question his integrity, courage or charisma, which were chronicled for decades by writers from around the world. As such, Garibaldi remains a model that transcends time and ideology. As it happens, Massoud...