Such celebrations of secular glory might seem incongruous inside a church, even in cases where the celebrated were conventionally religious.
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Kirk Douglas won the lifetime achievement award in 1968 for a career that included roles in films such as Spartacus, Paths of Glory and The Heroes of Telemark.
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The thrill of reaching Thorong La pass, which once took an inspiring two weeks, will be shortened to two days, and this epic and emotional day, which haunts you in the most motivating way, will lose much of its glory if reached by such an industrial path.
After eight months of manoeuvring, jostling, cruising clear at the top and lagging off the pace, it comes down to this: a 90-minute shootout at the Theatre of Dreams to decide who will be bestowed with glory and who, after such a sacrifice, will have ultimately fought in vain.
Among Griffiths' many other TV credits were the dramas Jeffrey Archer: The Truth, playing Willie Whitelaw, Hope and Glory, as well as appearing in comedies such as The Vicar Of Dibley, Ted And Ralph and Lovejoy.
Whether the Scotian Shelf and Grand Banks ever return to their former glory is far from certain, especially with other issues such as climate change threatening to disrupt their feeding and perhaps their breeding too.
He preferred large stand-and-fight battles, which had greater chance for resolution and glory, but came to accept his subordinates' counsel that such grandstanding could destroy his rag-tag army.
And indeed, as companies such as Chitika are noting, traffic from the site has waned since the glory days of its launch.
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We know how such stories tend to function: they trace the sine wave of obscurity, glory, and setback and, in the process, gather Academy Awards for those in the central role.
Portsmouth beat Manchester United at this stage of their run to Cup glory back in 2008 but victory at Wembley this season would surely represent a greater achievement under such dire financial circumstances.
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