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...became the Sugar Daddy didn't save him. He later joined his brother's company, Welch Candy Company, and became vice-president. At one time, he served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Manufacturers. In the 1950's, however, inspired by what he called the "heroic example" of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, Welch resigned his position and began research that resulted in his book on John Birch, "an unknown martyr." In December 1958, he founded The John Birch Society, dedicating it to perpetuate those ideals and virtues that Birch exemplified--"patriotism, faith-inspiring morality, the spiritual sense...
...dictator's grip on life. Franco's physicians and the Spaniards who gathered outside the Pardo Palace to pray or wait had no doubts about the outcome of the autocrat's last battle. But all agreed that, in high Spanish style, he was waging a heroic fight...
...from the people, distant even from his own subordinates. The olive-colored flesh sagged in folds from his face, his palsied right hand trembled continuously, and the speech-once shrill and demanding-was slurred and frequently unintelligible. The figure, barely 5 ft. 3 in. tall, had never been especially heroic, even in a general's uniform decorated with medals, sash and sword; in recent years it seemed smaller and withered. But until last week, Franco never relaxed the hard control he wielded over Spain for almost 40 years-not even in 1974, when he temporarily turned over his powers...
Many theologians make a sharp distinction between euthanasia and allowing the patient to die a natural death, usually by failing to take extraordinary or heroic measures. Direct action to kill people who suffer pain or are deemed worthless has always been opposed by both Christianity and Judaism (in contrast to many of the religions and philosophies of the ancient world). It was a simple matter of applying the general commandment against murder: "The innocent and just man thou shall not put to death" (Exodus...
...fact, during the 1770s saints were scarcely visible and holiness was rare. Some good and heroic activities were performed by frail, errant and often irreligious people. Certainly, multitudes of decent folk led conventionally moral lives. But a second look at the past will be jolting to those who think that sexual waywardness and permissiveness are recent inventions. Public figures could keep mistresses and acknowledge their illegitimate children-as Benjamin Franklin did-without losing their good names or even their reputations as moralists. George Washington had to chase Philadelphia prostitutes from Valley Forge. In New York 500 "ladies of pleasure" kept...