Sentences with phrase «folk heroes for»

Notes: If the Astros win one of the next two games, Peacock will be a folk hero for his extended save in Game 3.

He is becoming a folk hero for the left, according to David Freedlander writing at Politico Magazine.

Instead, he's star - struck meeting Ricky (newly anointed folk hero for being a widely sought - after fugitive) and proceeds to take selfies with him.

Rubber Duck's dealings with the authorities quickly makes him a folk hero for other truckers and those in the CB culture, who quickly engage in helping Duck out by following his lead in a convoy which stretches for over a mile.

Harry Truman became somewhat of a folk hero for refusing to leave his home near Spirit Lake.

Since that day, many Tuscans had considered him a folk hero for defending their culinary traditions.

Not exact matches

Elected as a PC MLA in 2008 and ejected in 2010, Dr. Sherman immediately enjoyed folk hero status as an Independent MLA for criticizing the PC Government's record on health care.

Calling for a public health care inquiry in March 2011, folk - hero Independent MLA Raj Sherman stood united with NDP leader Brian Mason, Alberta Party leader Sue Huff, Wildrose leader Danielle Smith and Liberal leader David Swann.

Give dem folks more of the same nonsense they been needing to save their sorry souls for the last 40 years since their hero, Ronny Raygun, pranced down the streets of Laredo in his big white hat lookin'to draw down on the commie hordes.

After 12 rounds, anexhausted Holyfield was still champion; Foreman, the middle - aged Texaspreacher, his face swollen, had to settle for folk hero.

Don't be afraid to venture into the realm of fantastical creatures, folk heroes, and gods and goddesses for baby naming ideas.

In Jamaica, Marley had been a folk hero, and while he had achieved incredible fame, Dick Hebidge argues that many Jamaicans were proud of him for his ability to get white audiences to pay attention to his songs of Black retribution (4).

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has become a Turkish folk hero this week, gaining more than 200,000 new Twitter followers as Turks showered him with praise for busting a reviled businessman from back home.

The Manhattan prosecutor has become a Turkish folk hero this week, gaining more than 200,000 new Twitter followers as Turks showered him with praise for busting a reviled businessman from back home.

Real heros are not Generals directing well trained body of soldiers into battle, and running over the enemy; real heros are ordinary folks doing ordinary minute things for country and honour.

By Jeff Moore Wisconsin folk hero Earl Giefer, 94 years cool, decided he'd like to be able to look himself in the mirror every morning rather than take an easy $ 1.2 million from the city of Oak Creek for his...

Even though we didn't list it as a Spring Wardrobe Hero, we're (obviously) big fans of this gem of clothing piece, so folks, here's one for the denim skirt!

But when the authorities decide it's time for Ricky to move on, they go on the lam, becoming fugitives and folk heroes.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople follows a son and his foster father on the run as fugitives and folk heroes

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It was also the day they announced new games, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, Metroid Prime Federation Force and a new title for the Zelda series, which isn't for the Wii U. That's right folks, coming fall 2015 (this very year), is a Four Swords successor (and theorised «remake»), the Legend of Zelda: TriForce Heroes, so let's talk about what we know about the game so far.

Of the yakkers so far, this one is most fulsome in that it takes an interest in structure and the rationale for showing the hero early in every episode (so the folks back home don't change the channel looking for «Doctor Who»).

From Robin Hood to Jesse James, we've always had a soft spot for outlaws, idealizing them as folk heroes and romanticizing them as rebels.

The latter is an origin story for the eponymous folk hero that is currently in production for a Spring 2018 theatrical release date, with Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service) and Oscar - winner Jamie Foxx starring as a young Robin Hood and Little John, respectively.

Ian and Frank decide their story needs characters, and so they create a noble folk hero to generate human interest, a rebel fighter bravely sacrificing his life for his people.

Amber waves of grain, waving sunlit flags, and Midwestern boys playing baseball are what our heroes are fighting for: New York City and its liberal stongholds, not so much (an early scene finds asteroid chunks knocking about the Big Apple's skyscrapers, scaring and / or crushing jive - talking city folk like Eddie Griffin's bike messenger).

Aldrich had just completed his first producing project when Grace sent him a script for Folk Hero.

Folk Hero & Funny Guy centers on struggling comedian Paul Scott (Alex Karpovsky), who is invited to open for his successful rocker buddy Jason Black (Wyatt Russell) on his solo acoustic tour from Boston to Atlanta.

Another movie about comedy, Folk Hero & Funny Guy (Grade: B), bravely casts a non-comic as a stand - up comedian, something that would not have been so unusual 10 or 20 years ago but now feels downright experimental in the face of all the stand - up and sketch - comedy people available for film work.

Gerwig constructs the film like memory in a way that's easy to place ourselves into its hero's shoes (really, any character's shoes, for the film thinks all of its folk are heroes), we remember pieces and snippets of a longer narrative, only to later gild them with meaning thanks to time and distance.

For instance: enjoying a great work of children's literature; learning about the country's founding and other key parts of American history; exploring the Greek myths; studying folk heroes; putting on a play; performing a concert; and figuring out how to get along with others.

Increasingly disillusioned with American politics and the government's abandonment of its poorest citizens, Guthrie was compelled to speak out, tirelessly crisscrossing the nation to entertain and advocate for the nation's poorest people with his songs, eventually earning himself a permanent place as one of America's great folk heroes.

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Those five months in a leaky tent sparked an insatiable curiosity that has since carried him to more than 70 countries for countless interviews with tortured folk heroes, wily schemers, and North Korean skiers.

Freshly launched into Early Access, T.M.R.A (we'll use that a bit for the sake of my sanity) is a step toward the fierce and frantic from Camex Games, the same folk who brought us the turn based tactical RPG Heroes Tactics.

It was also the day they announced new games, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, Metroid Prime Federation Force and a new title for the Zelda series, which isn't for the Wii U. That's right folks, coming fall 2015 (this very year), is a Four Swords successor (and theorised «remake»), the Legend of Zelda: TriForce Heroes, so let's talk about what we know about the game so far.

The folks over at GameXplain have sent some questions over to Kouhei Maeda of Intelligent Systems» for an interview about Fire Emblem Heroes.

And then there are the folk like me, with the Guitar Hero mentality of wanting to get five star ratings for every song.

Regardless of the methods used by Noodle (a snake that — shockingly — moves around exactly like one would) to get his game approved by the platforming police, one thing is for sure: by placing the unlikely hero in settings that have all staples of the genre — like gaps, moving pieces, water, tall structures that need to be climbed, fire pits, deadly spikes, and small platforms — the folks at Sumo Digital unearthed an incredibly original concept with such an inborn simplicity that it is sort of uncanny nobody had ever thought about it (or maybe someone had done so but ended up being stopped by mysterious dark forces).

They even have special services for pros, like unstretched rolled canvases, for folks who like / know how to stretch their own... and they'll ship orders to your clients without any branding, so it arrives as a finished piece, but you look like the hero (and maybe you've even been able to charge a hair more on the finishing, than it cost you — woot!).

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You folks — all of you — are heroes who deserve to go down in the history books for defending the legacy of the scientific method in the face of the all out assault from the postnormalists.

For the tabloid press, Martin became a folk hero, and the Law Commission's paper, which simply followed up an earlier analysis of illegality in the context of contract and trusts, became identified as a Trojan horse for politically correct and human rights inspired reform inimical to the silent majority of law - abiding peopFor the tabloid press, Martin became a folk hero, and the Law Commission's paper, which simply followed up an earlier analysis of illegality in the context of contract and trusts, became identified as a Trojan horse for politically correct and human rights inspired reform inimical to the silent majority of law - abiding peopfor politically correct and human rights inspired reform inimical to the silent majority of law - abiding people.

There are factions in Toronto and elsewhere that view Khadr as something of a folk - hero and lobby for his return.