Even a real hero, Steve Jobs, is famous for his "reality-distortion field"--in two minutes Jobs can have you believing the moon is made of Brie.

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But the real hero of this book is the long-lost intellectual milieu of Vienna in the 1920s and 1930s that did so much to shape him.

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Prince Harry, who travelled back from Afghanistan on the same flight as Mr McBean, said he was humbled by his bravery and described him as "the real hero".

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The real hero is digital technology.

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There is nothing like seeing a real-life hero and dreaming you could be one too.

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Nor did it help to discover, in the stories about Kennedy's extra-marital affairs, that the country's last real-life presidential hero had feet of clay.

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Patching up the tower, healing Scarlett, Golden Boy, and Dark Hero had taken a real toll on my system.

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Every dream features a "hero, " a real person who personifies the dream.

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He was such a brave and interesting character - a real 'Boy's Own' hero.

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But Antunes, who revealed before the tournament in an interview with CNN's Human to Hero series that he had received advice from Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho, has created a team which is keen to make up for lost time.

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Biography: "The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo, " by Tom Reiss (Crown), a compelling story of a forgotten swashbuckling hero of mixed race whose bold exploits were captured by his son, Alexander Dumas, in famous 19th century novels.

WSJ: 2013 Pulitzer winners in journalism and arts