Word: legendizing
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...community of Jacksonville, Fla., he was a legend. To the rest of the world, Rocco Morabito, who died on April 5 at 88, was the creator of The Kiss of Life, the first spot-news photograph ever to win a Pulitzer Prize...
...Parsis' culinary forte may have been their historic undoing. According to legend, the Arabs who invaded Persepolis during the Islamic incursions in the 10th century soon realized the only way to conquer the Zoroastrian warriors was to attack them after their traditional Sunday lunch of dhansak. The thick mutton stew served with cardamom-scented brown rice is extremely heavy and lulls its eaters into a siesta afterwards. (See the top 10 food trends...
...actress Betsy Blair, 85, married dance legend Gene Kelly at the start of a promising career that came to an abrupt halt when she was blacklisted. She made a comeback with an Oscar nomination for 1955's Marty...
...three distinct kinds: first class, second class, and third class, with further scales of value evident but less formally defined within each class. First class relics include any object that may have had contact with Jesus Christ during his life, death or resurrection: wood from the stable where legend says he was born; pieces of the cross or nails used for his crucifixion; the Shroud of Turin, which the faithful believe wrapped his body before it was set in the tomb ... Had John the Baptist worn a watch, for example, it would be a second-class relic. (Had Jesus given...
...Still, Hawkins' theory is one of the more legitimate attempts at a Stonehenge explanation. In the 12th Century, the legend of King Arthur wasn't completely regarded as fiction. In his account of Stonehenge, historian Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote that troops tried to move the stones from Ireland to England in order to provide a monument for their war dead. When they couldn't, they enlisted the help of the wizard Merlin to transport the massive stones - some weighing as much as 50 tons - back to Britain before arranging them in the current configuration...