Word: heroism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Whatever welts she inflicted, whatever pain he endured and enjoyed, they surely deserved and loved each other. Flanagan's most poignant work of art--the culmination of a life in agony--is his death at age 43. It is recorded here with a grace that nearly matches the blithe heroism of a man most viewers might, at the beginning of this funny, disturbing, stirring film, have too quickly labeled sick...
That is just one of the many ironies of her life. Here's one more: while Ashe's heroism extended to the way he died, a dauntless crusader in the war against aids, Gibson is suffering in silence from a series of strokes and ailments brought on by a disease she is simply said to have described as "terminal." When pressed, her friends will admit she can no longer pay her medical bills...
...today of all days, let us not forget that behind each medal and ribbon, there is a story of heroism yes, but also profound sadness; for World War II was not a good war. From North Africa to Salerno, from Normandy to the Bulge to Berlin, an entire continent lost to fascism had to be taken back, village by village, hill by hill. And further eastward, from Tarawa to Okinawa, the death struggle for Asia was an assault against dug-in positions, surmounted only by unbelievable courage at unbearable loss...
...Gaither saw flames soaring from a mobile home. The young black man smashed through the door to pull out Larry Leroy Whitten, 44, then revived the white man with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, heedless of the Confederate battle flag fluttering overhead. Gaither was hailed for his race-blind heroism, but says, "I don't deserve the attention. Someone would do the same...
...arrested was McCaffrey's counterpart in Mexico, General Jesus Gutierrez Rebollo, a man of reputed honesty and heroism whose appointment only 10 weeks ago McCaffrey had praised effusively. That image began to fade on Feb. 6, when an informant told the Mexican Defense Secretary, General Enrique Cervantes, that Gutierrez was living in a luxury apartment "whose rent cannot be paid with the salary of a public official," a statement from Cervantes' office later said. Summoned to a midnight meeting on the same day, Mexico's drug czar suffered a heart attack when questioned about the apartment, and was ordered into...