Word: valores
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...cheer the valor and glory of this courageous little country...
Among the sophisticated citizens of Cairo, this succession of calls to valor followed by a void led to a kind of black humor. One joke that circulated through the capital had Sadat ordering an attack and his commanders offering up an excuse for every day of the week. Saturday's excuse, ironically: it was scarcely proper to launch an attack against Israel on the Jewish sabbath...
Shrugged Hoskins, who has flown 240 combat forays in Southeast Asia: "It was just another mission to me." Standing under an emblem ("Valor in Combat") emblazoned on the fuselage of his aircraft, Ratley agreed: "It was kind of uneventful, just like a regular sortie, like the 100 or so I've flown over here." Then Ratley added: "I guess I should be a little more excited, but I don't feel very enthusiastic. We've been involved so long, it almost seems like an institution...
...universal patriotism and valor of the P.O.W.s has by no means been established, but the sacrifices of the multiple amputees are irrefutable...
...Klein theorizes, stems from the discrepancy between cultural values and reality. The derring-do that had survival value in frontier days is still extolled in the U.S.; yet it is obsolete. In an industrialized nation where most jobs are routine, a man cannot win status through on-the-job valor. To compensate, he surrounds himself with power tools, outboard motors, high-performance cars, snowmobiles and the like. These give him, at play, "the feelings of control, power, masculinity and risk no longer available at work...