Word: heroic
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...more martial side, the Masters of the Universe offers us: "He-man," "She-ra," "Spydor Evil Stalker," "Stridor Horse" and "Evil Horde, Heroic & Evil Figures." The evil hordesmen cost $4.97 each and liberal portions of "Battle Bones" will set you back $8.97. If we conservatively define a horde as one thousand individuals, a small-scale conventional war would cost $5,450--there may be a manufacturer's rebate, I'm not sure...
...only problem for Robert is that Antonio has been writing letters in Robert's name to his ex-girlfriend for the past forty years. These letters paint an incredibly heroic portrait of the mild-mannered American, a portrait that not only grossly exceeds his present stature, but mocks his past life of underachievement. Admidst the idolatry of Antonio's friends and family, Traven feels all the more insignificant...
...extent of Mobil's commitment goes above and beyond simple duty. The heroic oil giant and 151 other companies have signed the Sullivan principles. Their workplaces and facilities are not segregated. "All employees," the compassionate oil company tells us, "are desegregated. All employees are treated equally. All employees doing equal and comparable work receive equal...
...second half, the two defenses dominated, and both coaches waited for the inevitable break to come. The Crimson blitzed Butler incessantly, but the Tiger line did a heroic job giving him protection and preventing the Harvard defense from picking up the edge...
...Commandments of the Cowboy. They included injunctions to help people in distress, tell the truth always, be "kind to small children, old folks and animals" and "respect womanhood." The cowboy image got dirtier and morally ambiguous in the era of Clint Eastwood, perhaps, but the persona remained heroic. If Arafat wished to be intelligible to an American audience, he should probably have described the plane interception as the work of "desperadoes" or "varmints...