When you look back, it's logical - I was a hero, I crossed over to the other side and I went back.

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The night before, around the dinner table, I was feted like a would-be conquering hero by the other guests at the ranch.

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"I've been a public school teacher for years and worked a lot in social justice issues, so I'm so proud of him - he's my hero, " she says.

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And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe, the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best -- the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.

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It depicts Liberal Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George (1863 - 1945) being addressed by folk hero Robin Hood, with the words 'I took from the rich and gave to the poor.

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But I worry about how the return of this larger-than-life hero will affect the young, relatively inexperienced team leading GM today.

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"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.

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Although built in 1901, the one I climb aboard looks spanking new, and was christened after the Swiss folk-hero Wilhelm Tell.

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Last week I interviewed Sohinder Gill, the CEO of Hero Electric, the largest maker of electric two-wheelers in India, to learn about the state of electric vehicles in India.

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