And Spurs owner Peter Holt, 58, a Vietnam hero--Silver Star, three Bronze Stars, Purple Heart--who before rehab in 1981 had a long history of alcohol abuse.
On the one hand, Kerry's war hero biography -- Yale graduate who goes on to win three Purple Hearts, a Silver Star and a Bronze Star -- is a political consultant's dream.
His stance drew attention both because of his military record -- he had served as an officer in the Navy and had been awarded a Silver Star, Bronze Star and three Purple hearts -- and his background.
Heroes like the seven service members who last week were awarded the Silver Star for valorous acts more awe-inspiring than anything Hollywood could have conjured.
As they go through basic training or flight school (once again it's the flyboys, and girls, vs. the grunts on the ground) and then into combat, "Starship Troopers" also revisits Hollywood clichis of every war that's ever been fought on the silver screen--including "Star Wars, " which, for these ahistoric recruits, is but a dim cultural memory.
According to the New York Times, he was inflamed by charges that then-Lieutenant Kerry did not deserve the Silver Star awarded him for driving his boat into the line of fire from an enemy onshore, beaching it (in violation of orders and Navy procedure) and disembarking singlehandedly to give chase to and kill a Vietcong.
By age 26, Larkin was already a world champion, three-time All Star and recipient of three Silver Slugger awards.
And the star of them all is Pepsiman, a faceless muscleman in a silver body-suit, more bumbler than superhero.
During a press conference, David Stern and Adam Silver indicated that the NBA has two bids for the 2015 NBA All-Star Game, from the Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks.
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David O Russell was rewarded with the best adapted screenplay prize for Silver Linings Playbook, but hotly tipped Oscar contender Jennifer Lawrence and her co-star Bradley Cooper missed out in the acting categories.
Thus, while neither Stern nor Silver directly said it, it is safe to say that the 2015 NBA All-Star Game will be held somewhere in New York.
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Four years ago at St Andrews Lloyd took the silver medal as leading amateur by finishing 15th and two years ago he was a team-mate of Northern Ireland star Rory McIlroy at the Walker Cup.
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