Word: martyred
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...death did popular wisdom recognize the importance of what he had been doing. Before that time, newspapers had often dismissed him as "dirty Lenny" the "sick comedian." But a generation that never really knew him came, in the late '60s, to view him as a great parodist and a martyr for freedom of speech. Since then many have picked up on Bruce's observations about the relative obscenity of killing and fucking. The bit has become cliche...
...blind and deaf Don Quixote" and Lloyd George, a "goat-footed bard." In response, the English establishment ostracized Keynes, criticising him not for his economics but for holding to an opinion that caused rejoicing to the nation's enemies. By the end of his chapter, Galbraith has sculpted a martyr image for Keynes, a rare act for the otherwise cynical professor...
...which has some 200 tribes. A corrupt dictator, Mobutu is unpopular-even hated-in much of the country. In the wild northeast, for example, he is accused of being responsible for ordering the murder in 1961 of Patrice Lumumba, the region's popular leftist martyr. This rancor has reportedly been translated into aid and recruits for guerrillas. How his enemies will exploit Mobutu's troubles remains to be seen-when the quagmire dries and fighting resumes...
...shame of incessant humiliation, a wry humor that disguises itself as self-mocking wrath and a shyly proffered love that he knows will be drowned like an unwanted kitten. Directed with unswerving authority by Robert Drivas, James Coco has reached the pinnacle of his career as a poignant martyr...
...defiance of the laws of the State. The dictator, Creon Molina, who claims to personify the "will of the people," is desperate to have Antigona confess. He realizes that if she does not relent, he is bound to execute her and, by doing so, is bound to create a martyr, a rallying point for the forces that might topple him. Creon sends Antigona's mother, priest and friend to her prison cell. They pressure her to act more ladylike, to resume her privileged position ("We were prosperous, respectable," her mother says) and to confess--if only for the sake...