Sentences with phrase «many national heroes»

In a 2009 New York Times op - ed, author Tom Wolfe called Glen the «last true national hero America has ever had.»

Warren Buffett, a stock picker who does beat the market, is a national hero.

A special emission of bolivars will feature the national heroes Francisco de Miranda and Simón Bolívar, on 200 and 500 - bolivar bills respectively.

Of course you don't have Robin Hood as a national hero; I saw myself as robbing from the rich (Mr. Large chain of Supermarkets owner) to feed the poor (me).

«They were national heroes.

Radicals move the center to where even a one time outsider like MLK can be «safely» embraced as a national hero.

The congressional inquiries did not raise up new national heroes or villains.

Many national heroes will do well to get into the kingdom of heaven at all, while the saints go marching in.

Why is «History» or even «history» not «bunk» for him as it was for Henry Ford (surely one of «our national heroes»)?

Beginning with the funeral of John F. Kennedy, television has enabled the country to participate in the mourning of national heroes.

Benito Juárez, supreme court justice and then president, was the liberals» foremost leader and engineer of the 1857 constitution (for which he is now honored by schoolchildren as the first among national heroes).37 Earlier outlawed had been any but «secular» education and the use of civil machinery to enforce religious vows and payment of church tithes.

The CCP stirs the nationalistic emotions of the people by contesting Japan over issues such as: the disputed territorial claims with China: its writing of history that omits Japanese atrocities in its invasion of China, and in recent visits by its leaders to Japan's Yasukuni shrine which honors national heroes including convicted war criminals.2

An eight - time world champion, the 147 - pound Filipino fighter has obliterated his way through weight classes on his way to becoming a national hero in the Philippines and an international superstar.

But I was trying to figure out how to remember a saint when he becomes a national hero.

Already a national hero, he moved his family into one of Chicago's worst neighborhoods to walk with poor people in their struggle.

I want him to be free not only to pursue his own happiness, but to love God and his neighbors in the radical way of that rebel from Nazareth who saved the world not as a national hero, but as a crucified enemy of the state.

When I think about JaiMichael, an African - American boy full of his own dreams and promise, I'm glad to live in a country that remembers King as a national hero.

King may be a national hero whose birthday the country commemorates on Monday, but to many he remains a one - dimensional hero - the vast body of his work unknown.

germany the first country (1500), to receive the bible in their own language, translated by their national hero martin luther.

In his death Hus became a national hero of the Bohemians.

He was a national hero and celebrity.

The man is like the national hero of Italy.

Rusev is a Bulgarian national hero (formerly a Russian national hero).

Rusev, a national hero for TWO countries, was kinda mean to his ex, so Ziggler basically took ownership of her and they wouldn't stop rubbing their relationship in Rusev's face, long after it involved him.

The guy is a national hero in Chile, a cult hero among the faithful at Barca and Udinese and humble as hell.

The UCI World Tour is composed of 37 events, including the three three - week grand tours, but also 20 one - day races that are attended by the best riders and receive much greater attention in places like, say, Belgium and the Netherlands, where winning on the famed and treacherous Paris - Roubaix cobblestones can make you a national hero.

Under Smith's divining eye, with Pollard in the irons, The Biscuit grew into the runningest machine in America, a rolling road show from coast to coast, ultimately a national hero as popular as FDR, a blue - collar bay with a working - stiff jockey and this weird trainer who talked to horses with his hands.

Crawford, who once raced a giraffe and a zebra on television (beat the giraffe, lost to the zebra), had won the 200 - meter gold on a surreal Thursday night, when the start of his race was delayed four minutes by Greek fans chanting the name of Konstantinos Kenteris, the 2000 Olympic champion and national hero who withdrew from the Games after missing a drug test, and Hel - las!

May 5th, is like some of the birthdays of national heroes.

National hero Guillen is the sentimental favorite, but Vizquel is better with the glove and was better at the plate last year -LRB-.266 with 29 steals to.248 with six steals).

My favorite example of excellence in motion is U.S. Women's Soccer player and newly - crowned national hero, Carli Lloyd.

The defeat, in which the English champion won only a single round, and that by a shade before Marciano had warmed up to the slaughter, has installed Cockell as a national hero.

Within minutes, in a tunnel beneath what is now the Atlanta Braves» stadium, the 21 - year - old runner was handed a cell phone on which King Hassan II of Morocco was holding for an unlikely new national hero.

Brendan: Brooke Henderson will continue her summer as Canada's top athlete and come home a national hero and gold medalist.

LONDON — From becoming a national hero and being named on the preliminary FIFA Ballon d'Or list, to sitting on the bench on a cold Saturday afternoon in Birmingham; Massimo Luongo's life is anything but predictable.

During Euro 96, he was in the form of his life as England narrowly missed out on another triumph on home soil and he achieved national hero status when he saved Gary McAllister's penalty against Scotland.

The United left - back, who has found game time hard to come by at Old Trafford this season, almost became a national hero when he struck a fierce right - footed half volley onto the post after the Azzurri went behind during their World Cup qualifier against Sweden last night.

Big events like the Euros or the World Cup allow players to really make a name for themselves, to become overnight sensations, and National Heroes, where just last week, they may have been able to walk down any street unrecognised.

Binkle agrees with Jamie that LAUSD Food Services needs more funding and lauds Jamie as a «national hero.»

Celebrating national heroes, whether they be literary or athletics stars, will promote a sense of common achievement.

A Romanian citizen of Palestinian origins, Mr. Arafat is regarded by many as a national hero.

A move to Dreams FC seems to be placing the national hero into the pantheon books of most promising coaches to grace the local league, and he has set sights on sitting at the technical bench of the Black Stars in the near future.

To some she has become a national hero after swatting down Ukip leader Nigel Farage during them.

Although the FDNY remain fiercely patriotic for their country the status given to them as national heroes was believed by many to be hollow.

GRACIE MANSION — Mayor Bill de Blasio, who supporters describe as a «national hero» among progressives, has dipped his his toe into presidential politics with a push to make income inequality a central issue of the 2016 national elections.

Internet offers once rare opportunity to see Babe Ruth in feature film just before he became a national hero.

The Irish Labour Party — founded by national hero James Connolly over a century ago — faces the prospect of annihilation in this week's election, despite having been part of a government that has delivered jobs and growth.

Meanwhile fellow Brexiteer Peter Bone declared: «If she delivers Brexit, and I think she will, then she will be a national hero.

We have lost a national hero, and the best we can do to preserve his legacy and memory is to pray for his soul to rest in peace.

But for months the Serbian national hero — now fourth in the world rankings — has been a shadow of his former self.