Word: martyrizing
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...from Pakistan's educated and Westernized middle and upper classes. In the jihad they find brotherhood, a sense of mission and purpose. And for these highly religious volunteers, many of whom are still in their teens, there is nothing more sacred in life than achieving the status of a martyr. These are the grunts in the war. The leaders are Pakistani veterans of the Afghan...
...heard the tale of another boy martyr from friends in the Kashmiri police. He was a teen from Sialkot, in Pakistan's Kashmir, who was enamored of Shahrukh Khan, an Indian matinee idol. Khan's latest movie was playing, but only across the border. So the teenager agreed to smuggle explosives into India to catch the show. He succeeded in his mission, and even saw the film. But leaving the theater, he got lost and was picked up by cops. They asked for a bribe; he obliged, handing over a 500 rupee note. Unfortunately, the note was counterfeit...
...more banal matters of the heart and the pocketbook. Whether or not he is found guilty, his career is finished?he was forced to resign from the Conseil Constitutionnel in 1999?and his reputation lies in ruins. For all his efforts to present himself as a political martyr, persecuted by enemies jealous of his ?brilliance,? Dumas could well face the heartbreak of dishonor in his final years...
...BRUCE GREENWOOD THIRTEEN DAYS For actors, playing John F. Kennedy must seem a challenge as frustrating as it is irresistible. Impersonating America's dishiest president - satyr and martyr - did not bring lasting luster to the careers of Stephen Collins, William Devane, James Franciscus or Cliff Robertson, let alone Vaughn Meader...
...Remember, he not just ambitious, he's the party fund-raiser. And he figures that if Antonin Scalia is the one to drive the stake through Al Gore's heart, the martyr bucks will roll in like never before. And the Republican party might have another polarizing face it would rather do without...