Just look at all the folks who wait in line and brave hoards of fellow Black Friday shoppers to save a few bucks: People will often expend more effort saving money than it would take them to earn the same amount of cash.

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As the ambush intensified, Sgt Meyer defied his commanding officers' orders to jump into an armoured Humvee with a fellow Marine and brave an inferno of machine-gun fire, bullets, grenades and mortars.

BBC: US Marine Dakota Meyer awarded Medal of Honor

Prime Minister David Cameron wants his fellow G8 leaders to immediately start preparations to make brave decisions at the group's annual summit in June.

BBC: Prime minister David Cameron

Americans are generous and brave, none more so than New York's former mayor, Rudy Giuliani, and his fellow Italian-Americans.

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