Will the US and Israeli belief that a hero will suddenly appear to save the day for the Palestinians never die?

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If you get to the Getty Villa, save a few minutes to walk slowly around this proud hero, relishing the curving waterfall of pleats that define the first totally convincing human being created by an artist.

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The story follows 11-year-old hero Beanie on his mission to save his parents from Evil Stella and to return the Golden Nit to its rightful place at the heart of the sun, thereby saving the universe.

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Duke Nukem burst onto the scene in 1991 as the wise-cracking, cigar-chomping, woman-loving tough guy who must save the Earth from invading aliens, and does so with all the irreverence and hyper-masculinity of a Hollywood action hero.

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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.

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Similarly, after Wesley Autrey-- aka the Subway Hero -- leaped onto New York City subway tracks to save someone who'd fallen in front of a train back in 2007, many observers later pointed to Autrey's Navy service to explain why this otherwise unexceptional man sprang to action while everyone else simply watched.

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The reason he was an acceptable hero was that he always sought to help and save people, using his powers for good.

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