Word: legendizing
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...Black History Month last week. This is high praise from a venue that has it’s ceiling covered with bas-reliefs of black blues greats of the last century. But Mapfumo is great, one of the few non-Western musicians these days truly deserving of the title legend, with all the history that such praise suggests. It is not solely because of his long dreadlocks that Mapfumo invites repeated comparisons to Bob Marley. He embodies a certain a type of ideology in the same way that Marley...
...First, he lunged for the line, and grabbed the silver. Then, he had no complaints. "That's short track." Third, he congratulated Bradbury as the rightful winner. Fourth, he taped up his stitched-up leg - treated in the interim by none other than Eric Heiden, living speed skate legend and this year's team doctor - and proved that even this slacker generation can spit nails and get back on the track. Fifth, he smiled and kept smiling. Sixth, he was - very evidently and very consistently - completely genuine. This guy is Favre, he's Agassi, he's Tiger, he's Namath...
From the earliest moments of his career, Barnaby demonstrated the dedication that made him a legend. During WWII—when Harvard fielded no squash teams—he aided the war effort by working in a fastener factory. He earned a high position in the factory and was offered a lot of money to stay, but he turned his employers down...
Five years ago, Kirk Douglas was living the life of a Hollywood screen legend. But Douglas, then 80, suffered a debilitating stroke. He tells the story of his journey back to health in his new book, My Stroke of Luck (Morrow). He discussed his recovery with TIME...
...world where love seems so hard to find, what is to be done? We can find clues in the myths surrounding the man we celebrate today, Saint Valentine. One legend has it that Valentine, incensed at Roman Emperor Claudius II’s wartime decree outlawing marriage for young able-bodied men, disobeyed and continued to perform marriages, furtively securing the affections of young lovers. Another tale follows that while in prison, Valentine fell in love with the warden’s daughter who visited him from time to time. Before his death, Valentine wrote her a love letter signed...