Word: heroical
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...crippled Spindrift into Annapolis to be refitted, and in the conclusion of his letter gave an inkling as to the difference between himself and heroic Ahab...
...personally declared war on Japan fortnight ago (TIME, Nov. 16), still stuck to his guns and his trenches last week, became a towering hero to the Chinese people. From Newark, N. J. for example the Chinese Merchants' Association cabled $2,000 to Hero Ma. To report the heroic struggles of General Ma, star correspondents rushed by plane and train towards his remote war base, Tsitsihar...
...Koussevitzky orchestra had a long, symphonic introduction before Violinist Busch tucked his instrument under his chin, demonstrated a great talent worthy of great music. Busch, like Brahms, scorns meaningless display. In music alternately heroic and deeply tender, he displayed an immaculate, full-toned technique, an interpretative sense marked by the same marvelous simplicity and restraint that he has succeeded in preserving in his pupil, young Yehudi Menuhin. In Manhattan the Busch name is familiar because of Adolf's brother Fritz (they were the sons of a famed Westphalian violin-maker), who conducted the New York Symphony for a time...
...house. Mary grew up and fell in love. Still Phoebe, dead but restless, threatened her, and still her mother's influence thwarted an almost materialized evil. In time Mary's son was sent to the house for a visit; the old warfare continued. With the outwardly insane but inwardly heroic death of Lucia, the last old lady. Author Spencer rings down the curtain on a ghost story that is also a subtly convincing psychological drama, a novel that might have been ghosted by Henry James himself...
...death of Consul Taggart while serving at his post emphasizes that life in the Foreign Service often entails sacrifice even unto death. Since the earliest days of our national existence many Foreign Service officers have died under tragic or heroic circumstances. The first of these was William Palfrey of Massachusetts, who in 1780 was appointed 'Consul to reside in France.' He sailed for his post on the Shillala, an armed ship of 16 guns. The vessel was never heard from after it passed the Delaware Capes...