Word: legendizing
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...Reading about the U.S. troops' capture of the Butcher of Baghdad in a hole in the ground made my day. Although he was once the biggest bully on the block, Saddam surrendered like a coward, without a single shot being fired. This puts to rest the legend in the Arab world that Saddam is invincible. What a great day for the people of Iraq and our armed forces! Josh Basson Seattle...
Since I, somewhat negatively, began this column quoting one of the legends of football writing, it is fitting to conclude it, positively I hope, with a quote from a legend of football coaching...
Among the game’s other notable attendees included U.S. Women’s National Team coach Ben Smith (who in Friday’s Boston Globe predicted a mere 400 would show for the game) and hockey legend Bobby Orr, who tagged along with men’s hockey junior defenseman Noah Welch. Orr joked that he was giving Welch a break from studying...
Long Island native and co-captain Jesse Jantzen entered the wrestling team’s meet against No. 10 Hofstra to a hero’s welcome, as the thousands of people filling the stands cheered on their local legend...
...official military spokeswoman in Iraq claims no knowledge of the incident. "I think this is an urban legend," she says. But the full story is yet to be told. A U.S. intelligence official, meanwhile, casts doubt on another widely reported tale: that a U.S. soldier hailed the nemesis of two Commanders in Chief named George Bush by saying: "Regards from President Bush." This person says some officials suspect the story is "apocryphal...