Word: martyred
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Shackleton explained to us that Cicero took on Mark Antony because he thought he could win--he didn't do it to be a martyr. But at the end, he decides he prefers death to running away," Segal says...
President: George and his refrigerator Business Card Editor: Joe "I am not a martyr" Kahn Eighth Congressional Editor: Martha "Vote for Bachrach" Bridegam University Hall Editor: Cristina "Yes Joe, I'll write an ed piece" Coletta Friends of the Summer Times Editor: Maia "9 to 5" Harris Hackensack and Berkshires Editor: Jon "Pleeeese write a Confi Picce" Moses Kahn Social Secretary: Shari "I am going swimming" Rudavsky Classical Music Editor: Jim "Whaaaaaat" Schwartz Postal Director: Jim "ten more minutes" Solomon Communication Editor: Bruce "Take this job and..." Kluckhohn Janitor: Brentwood "aka Beej aka BJ" Martin Lunch at Grendels Editor: Dahlia...
...could play the martyr and put Cabot down as my first choice. Any fun I'd have there would be like revenge...
Given this record of disrespect for the dead, is it surprising then that Christa McAuliffe is being touted as a martyr for a cause other than the one she lived...
...volume for the big screen, Gage has sacrificed much of the undercover reportage that made Eleni such a good read. He relies instead on a top-heavy selection of sentimental flashbacks featuring Eleni selflessly ministering to the needs of her children, sanctifying her as the archtypical Grecian mother-martyr. In so doing, Gage forgoes the realistic context essential to the docu-drama style he is ostensibly seeking (and had achieved in the book), ending up instead with a tear-soaked, superficial Monday Night at the Movies...