Thurlow Weed, one of the important Whig leaders in the state of New York, remembered how the people had loved Jackson, the hero of the War of 1812.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

There was a strange look in his eye as he leaned toward me and whispered C Privately C he is a complete fool. He meant,of course, the hero of our dinner.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

He meant, of course, the hero of our dinner.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

That's all superhero stuff, right? What if I'm not the hero?What if I'm the bad guy?

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The same official termed as "disgusting" the hero's welcome the Gadhafi government gave to convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was released from prison by Scottish authorities on Thursday because he suffers from terminal cancer.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

Possibly the biggest hero of the event will come from one of the traditional European or South American football powers.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

The Democratic Party chose for its presidential candidate a hero of the Civil War -- General Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

An actor plays Spanish-American Admiral David Farrugut, a hero in the Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

Some Whig leaders remembered how William Henry Harrison had won the presidency for the party by campaigning as a military hero.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

In nineteen ninety-nine, Walter Plowright won the World Food Prize as a hero of the fight against rinderpest.

VOA: special.2010.11.02

George Washington was a military hero. So was the 7th president, Andrew Jackson, who took office in 1829.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

Future generations may sing about the "hero on the Hudson" - the pilot who saved his passengers when he crash-landed on a river.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

They wanted to win the election, and they felt they had a better chance for victory with a military hero like General Taylor.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

And it nominated a hero of the Spanish-American War, New York Governor Theodore Roosevelt, as vice president.

VOA: special.2010.07.29