Word: legendizing
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...brains and announced in Nature two years ago that they were the remains of a previously unknown, hobbit-like species of human: Homo floresiensis. The finding made the cover of National Geographic and threatened to upend the history of human evolution. It seemed for a moment as if any legend could be true...
...World Cup team on the cover instead of Zinédine Zidane and the French squad he led. Zidane was punished for head butting Marco Materazzi, [who] ... must have said something awfully offensive to provoke Zidane. Zidane cost France the World Cup title, but he still stands as a legend next to Pelé, Diego Maradona, Michel Platini and others. Mubarak Shamim Dhaka...
...Ross was a Warrant Machinist on the U.S.S. Nevada in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, the day the Japanese bombed the American fleet and triggered World War II. Ross' valor, commemorated on homeofheroes.com, is the stuff of movie legend. (He did survive, regain his sight and marry his girlfriend.) But Hollywood didn't rush to make a stirring drama from his story, or from any aspect of that awful day in Hawaii (though the following year John Ford did direct a documentary, December 7th, that got limited release in theaters). Dec. 7, 1941, was a day that would live...
...dine Zidane and the French squad he led. Zidane was punished for head butting Marco Materazzi, but what about Materazzi? Won't he be punished too? He must have said something awfully offensive to provoke Zidane. Zidane cost France the World Cup title, but he still stands as a legend next to Pelé, Diego Maradona, Michel Platini and others. Mubarak Shamim Dhaka I am so pleased that World Cup 2006 is over. It took up far too many of the TV sport channels. Football is without a doubt the most boring game to watch, especially at the World...
...Marvel's future, though, is not trinkets but storytelling. Marvel's most iconic characters were created in the 1960s by comic-book legend Stan Lee, but 30 years on, the stories had become tired, and comic-book sales were miserable. So in 2002 Marvel began to hire writers and artists from outside the comic business, turning instead to TV and film writers and novelists. The results have reinvigorated the industry, says Gerry Gladston, a co-owner of New York City's Midtown Comics. "The stories have gotten better and better, fans are thrilled, and sales are climbing," he says. Marvel...