Word: legendizing
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...Michael Chabon's pulitzer prizewinning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Josef Kavalier flees fascism in Europe for America, where he creates the Escapist, a comic-book hero based on the Golem of Prague, the clay giant and protector of ancient Jewish legend. Mythic defenders, Chabon shows, have long been with us. But it took America to make them into superheroes: big, magical men (and sometimes women) who protect us and embody our national character...
...figures, and in 1994, U.S. President Bill Clinton awarded him the Medal of Freedom?America's highest civilian honor. DIED. EDDIE FUTCH, 90, a boxing Hall of Famer who trained 20 world champions, including Larry Holmes, Joe Frazier, Riddick Bowe, Michael Spinks and Trevor Berbick; in Las Vegas. Fighting legend and former Golden Gloves lightweight champion, Futch won attention when he threw in the towel for Smokin' Joe in the 1975 "Thrilla' in Manila" bout against Muhammad Ali. DIED. ALEXANDRE BYIDI-AWALA, 69, one of Africa's best-known authors; in Douala, Cameroon. Under the nom de plume Mongo Beti...
...Hughes brothers, most famous for their gritty and groundbreaking debut street drama Menace II Society, have returned from a five year absence with From Hell, a thriller/crime drama concerning the infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper. Although the Victorian era legend needs no real introduction, for those living in a cultural vacuum, the story is as follows: From Aug. 7 to Nov. 10, 1888, at least seven prostitutes were methodically murdered and mutilated in the Whitechapel district of London’s East End. It was the first instance of a serial killer in the modern Western world, and absolutely...
When Murphy talked about experience, he had to be thinking about the offense as well. The Neil Rose-Carl Morris connection is turning into the stuff of legend. Rose hasn’t made one downfield mistake yet, and Morris, despite his punt-returning troubles, is the most explosive player Harvard has had in a while...
...viable financial incentive for companies to develop and market vaccines for AIDS and other infectious diseases. In the end we could not overcome the resistance of the Chair of the Ways and Means Committee, but Larry’s extreme persistence in fighting for it became an administration legend. Indeed, our Chief of Staff began to only half-jokingly suggest that Summers had to be kept away from any last-minute negotiating table for fear he would give up everything to get the vaccines tax credit passed. Around the world, Larry’s passion sent a clear message: AIDS...