Word: legendizing
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David Letterman stopped doing Top 10 lists so that he could preserve the integrity of the genre--before he killed the joke. The "What" may be dead, but it will not die in obscurity. It will always be a legend in our folklore...
There was a time, or so the legend goes, when we had a consensus on the nature of "American values," a prominent part of which was old-fashioned sexual mores. Also important was the idea of military service as an unambiguously moral enterprise, a patriotic duty and a preparation for leadership roles...
...peaks. Following Albertville's opening ceremony this Saturday, the Olympics will take off into the wild white yonder of Val d'Isere, Courchevel and other mountaintop resorts. "I would like people to go home feeling that they spent a fortnight on another planet," says Jean-Claude Killy, ski-racing legend and co-president of the Games...
...this Tyson, the Tyson of legend, is on trial here, as much for his behavior on the job as on the town. The heavyweight champ in title or spirit, Tyson is an imposing villain, for he seems beyond evil or humanity -- soul- free. Look for the black heart beneath the black stare, and find the creepiest thing: nothing. Punishment without guilt. After a 1986 TKO of Jesse Ferguson, Tyson said matter-of-factly, "I tried to punch him and drive the bone of his nose back into his brain." Nice analysis, Professor Death...
When the tiny, very pretty freshman from Providence College took the stand, Tyson finally had to cede his searchlight-spotlight to a co-star. At that moment the sense of the procedure finally shifted from a test of a celebrity's mettle, or the dilemma of Tyson the legend vs. Tyson the man, to a familiarly tragic story of men's dangerous urges and women's rightful fears...