Word: warriorism
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...village of Rampasasa, Viktor Jurubu harbors no such doubts. He has the floor again and is recounting the story of how Paju, a famous warrior, ran into one of the "normal" people in the woods one day while out hunting. "This beautiful lady lit a fire and cooked the wild boar Paju had killed," Jurubu says. "She wanted to marry him and knew she could tempt him with the taste of cooked meat. He did like the taste, so he agreed to marry her and come out of Liang Bua with the rest of the tribe, founding a new village...
...says, "Greg Zielinski is the kind of cadet that makes you love teaching here." For them, Zielinski has molded himself in the Army's image of the proto-officer: strong, blunt, earnest, demanding. Even with four years to shape cadets, West Point has mixed success installing their program of warrior ethic in teenagers from so many walks of life. So when they see Zielinski adopt it all so naturally--chin out, eyes front, shoulders squared--they see total victory...
...film, directed by Star Wars creator George Lucas, follows the young, passionate Jedi warrior Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) as he betrays his mentor Obi-wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor), on his way to becoming Darth Vader...
Reuven Adler accepted the daunting challenge in the 2001 election of trying to soften Ariel Sharon's image. "He's a warrior. He's quite fat, and when he walks, he stomps along," Adler, an advertising executive, recalls thinking. "We had to give him some feminine appeal." Sharon, Adler calculated, was too far to the right on the political spectrum to gain broad support. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 representing the extreme left wing and 5 the far right, Adler figured, Sharon was a 4.7. The winner of every previous election had been a little right...
...show, as well as over 1,500 performers in the women's elegant southern buckskin dance and the men's more strenuous war dance. More than 20,000 Indians and tourists attend to watch elders conduct rites?in the understated yet powerful gourd dance, men pay tribute to the warrior spirit by shaking rattles and lifting their heels to a hypnotic drumbeat. "They're not just performing for the crowd, but conducting ancient rituals," says Connie Hart Yellowman, director of the Red Earth Festival. "It's a time to socialize for Native Americans. Some people haven't seen each other...