Word: martyrize
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...been equally tough to find evidence to support a motive for el-Batouti's suicide, personal or political. His family was devastated. "I had accepted his death as a martyr," said his wife Omayma. "Now they have murdered him." Every one of el-Batouti's colleagues, friends and relatives depicts him as a loving family man, a believer but not a fanatic, respected and well off, content with his imminent retirement, a man who had never displayed the least symptom of psychiatric disorder. "He's a guy who wouldn't hurt a fly," says Los Angeles resident Helal el-Sherif...
...romance between two broken souls. Arquette owns this other-worldly presence that develops into a figure of refuge. There's a lot of white overhead lighting in this film that lends to a spiritual look, and the lighting that touches down on her head like a halo illuminates her martyr beauty as she sighs every line...
Bernall was a Martyr...
This deeply disturbed Osborn and she writes that we have been, "reduced to debating the benefits of bestowing the title of martyr upon Littleton victim Cassie Bernall." She calls this, "emblematic of the problems with the current debate surrounding religion in public schools...
...great an actor as More was a man. But as the tension and action build into the second act, Foley proves himself to be abundantly worthy. His performance rises with the pressure level--the sincerity and passion of More are palpable. By the final scene, he is the martyr and the man; he is, quite simply, outstanding...