"I am very proud to endorse my friend and fellow Republican -- a hero -- John McCain, " Giuliani said at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley California, two hours before the Republican presidential candidates were to face each other in their final debate before the Super Tuesday contests next week.
Since the thieves (who dressed as police) have not been identified, and since every crime story needs a villain, Stolen substitutes a hero with a would-be hero--the crime's investigator, Harold Smith , a respected insurance investigator of 78, disfigured by skin cancer, who has made recovering the Gardner pictures the mission of his retirement.
Malcolm, who achieved fame in the early sixties as a compelling spokesman for the black-pride philosophy of the Nation of Islam, is an unlikely hero for a big-studio prestige picture: he begins as a predatory street criminal, becomes a studious Muslim ascetic, and fulfills himself as a scourge.
Since joining United from Fulham, Van der Sar has won three Premier League titles and the Uefa Champions League, but did not feature in Manchester United's Carling Cup final victory over Tottenham last season when understudy Ben Foster emerged as a penalty shoot-out hero by saving a Jamie O'Hara spot-kick.
Fabio, the Philip Marlowe-like anti-hero, is a disillusioned ex-cop and a former lover of hers.
To the consternation of fans the world over, Capcom and Ninja Theory have turned our wisecracking white-haired hero into a skinny, dark-haired troubled teen.
Swisher's departure came a day after postseason home-run hero Raul Ibanez agreed to a one-year deal with the Seattle Mariners, leaving the Yankees to search elsewhere for a designated hitter.
The school's vice-principal (Richard Roundtree) menaces the hero like a cop grilling a smart-alecky gumshoe, and the distant sounds of cheer-leaders are heard as Brendan is pursued through the schoolyard by a knife-wielding goon.
"It's like when you get to the final of the football World Cup and it goes to penalties: if you manage to put away all five spot kicks you're a hero - if you miss one you're a donkey, " he said.
This is the drama of a flawed and self-destructive hero, a protagonist of great achievements and overweening presumption.
The cog-eye has become a symbol of Burgess's sinister anti-hero Alex DeLarge, a man with an insatiable appetite for violence.
He chose such parts, not always for the best, because the role of anti-hero was a challenge and an act of defiance.
Veteran whodunit writer Robert Parker has created a new detective hero, a booze-loving, small-town police chief who had been dumped by the L.A. Police Department because of his fondness for John Barleycorn.
To them - and younger people who believe marathon-running is the key to a longer life - Mr Singh is a hero.
Investigator Petrovich is a very engaging hero, eagle-eyed, with a sharp laconic wit, endless patience for his geeky sidekick and a soothing manner, especially when faced with beautiful, flirtatious women.
But when his "Nissan Revival Plan" worked -- he resurrected the car maker from near bankruptcy a year earlier than scheduled -- he became a hero.
Environmentally, Europe will become a "green" hero--because lower economic growth means a natural reduction in energy consumption and dreaded greenhouse gas emissions.
Armstrong thus becomes a bad-ass American folk hero, a Robin Hood in stars and stripes, if you like.
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This could stem from a childhood hero-worship, deep admiration or could be the feeling of comradery that comes with a lifetime of work and struggle.
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India's leading maker of motorbikes, the country's most popular form of personal transport, Hero Honda is a quarter-century-old pairing of the Munjal family's Hero Group and Honda Motor.
South Wales Police said that as a 10-year-old, Joshua was hailed a local hero in the local newspaper when his quick thinking helped save the life of an eight year-old girl who suffered a serious head injury after falling.
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.
One of the more notorious offenders, a big-boned German named Kim Dotcom, became a cult hero when the U.S. government convinced the Kiwis to shutter his file-sharing platform MegaUpload last August with a brazen raid of his Auckland compound.
If popular culture is fixated on hero-worship that promotes a protagonist-antagonist framework, then unilateral sentiments can be expected.
His hero is a middle-aged policeman, Salvo Montalbano, an understated old hand who gets under the Mafia's skin.
This was a much-admired national hero whose name has become a household word.
Michael Schumacher, his boyhood hero and a seven-time world champion, could tell him a thing or two about that.
Former India captain Kapil Dev says his compatriot is a hero to a cricket-loving nation and admire the way he has dealt with the adoration.
The right, knowing that Bush would have trouble winning on his own record, did a magnificent job at turning a war hero into a flip-flopping fraud.
Remember the Greatest American Hero, the A-Team, and 21-Jump Street?
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