Word: heroical
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...Belgium's three immortal heroes in World War I, two were King Albert and Desiré Félicien François Joseph Cardinal Mercier. The third was Adolphe Max, Burgomaster of Brussels. Last week it was learned that Brussels had given Belgium another heroic burgomaster...
Kukan (Adventure Epics; Rey Scott) is Chinese for heroic action. It is also a splendid 100-minute documentation of Cameraman Rey Scott's 10,000-mile journey through warring China. Filmed in Technicolor, it is a somewhat crudely made, vastly absorbing look at the forging of a new nation from the world's oldest civilization...
...obstinate, primitive, multimillioned man power that is performing this heroic transformation is Kukan's theme. These are people that most U.S. cinemaddicts have never seen or known. They are shy, handsome, aboriginal Miaos from the mountains of Kweichow; turbaned Mohammedans from Lanchow, heart of China's northwest frontier; greasy nomads from The Gobi; Lamas from Tibet; Hans; Manchus...
Forester takes his first American hero from a heroic era of U.S. sea power-the days of Perry, John Paul Jones and Old Ironsides. Captain Josiah Peabody, commander of the U.S. frigate Delaware in the War of 1812, rather strongly suggests Gary Cooper...
...professor's heroic speech led to the closing of The Netherlands' famed 365-year-old University of Leyden was last week revealed by Leydeners in Manhattan who had just received a full report smuggled from their home town...