Word: legendizing
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...Wisdom has become suggested reading for British military personnel in Iraq. Though it's been 70 years since he died on May 19, 1935, in a motorcycle accident near his home in Dorset, England, T.E. Lawrence's popularity endures. In October, the exhibition, "Lawrence of Arabia: The Life, the Legend," opens at London's Imperial War Museum. But for those who want to literally follow in his footsteps, here are a few places to go: JORDAN Lawrence fought key battles of the Arab Revolt in 1917 in the desert landscape of Wadi Rum, 50 km northeast...
...Wisdom has become suggested reading for British military personnel in Iraq. Though it's been 70 years since he died on May 19, 1935, in a motorcycle accident near his home in Dorset, England, T.E. Lawrence's popularity endures. In October, the exhibition, "Lawrence of Arabia: The Life, the Legend," opens at London's Imperial War Museum. But for those who want to literally follow in his footsteps, here are a few places...
...www.nationaltrust.org.uk). The rooms are much as he left them before his sudden death, including his gramophone and re-created record collection. The charity is working to restock the library with his original books, too. And if you see a ghostly apparition dressed in Arab robes, legend has it that it's the swashbuckler himself...
...from West Coast psychedelia to Moroccan trance music - to form a collection of songs that sound gloriously raw, relevant and, most importantly, rocking. Plant is the first to admit that he has "wasted a lot of time." In the 1980s, he desperately tried to distance himself from the Zeppelin legend - and unfortunately succeeded, churning out album after forgettable album of turgid, synth-heavy pop. A foray into R&B covers with a band called The Honeydrippers brought him some commercial success, but little creative joy. In the mid-'90s, he reunited with Page. The duo's live shows frequently revisited...
...advocacy for the weak, frail and oppressed. Tafadzwa G. Gidi Stoke-on-Trent, England The Pope's Passing Your articles on Pope John Paul II painted a picture that was marvelously balanced [April 11]. An itinerant evangelist, hardheaded when it came to moral issues, John Paul II was a legend who gave a new face to old age and humbly accepted suffering, as Christ did. The best manner of appreciating what this man did is to follow in his footsteps. Kanene Benjamin Ezekwudo Enugu, Nigeria I am a Muslim living in England, and despite obvious differences with Catholics...