Sentences with phrase «heroic act in»

The researches show that persons that have committed one heroic act in their life (saving a person from the fire or from beneath a train) are very little diverse from an observation group - persons that are not heroes.

Of course, women may not always witness these heroic acts in person, but such information is likely to be widely communicated within a tribal community, particularly when the actions of male warriors are outstandingly brave.»

Not exact matches

CNBC's «Mad Money» host Jim Cramer calls him «a heroic figure in a landscape filled with people who are just part of a bland army,» while T - Mobile Executive Vice President of corporate services Dave Carey told «The Brave Ones»: «He can be charming on one hand and a raucous Las Vegas night club act on the other.»

This basically mirrors the scene in Mission to Mars between the characters played by Tim Robbins and Connie Nelson, whereby the death of one leads to a void whereby the other is willing to act in a heroic and self - sacrificial manner.

It is one of the virtues of Quint's book (another is the generosity of critical annotation, amounting almost to a mini variorum edition) that Paradise Lost's still center is given a density so great that reading the poem becomes itself a heroic act; an act difficult to perform, but in its difficulty providing an experience few (if any) efforts of the human imagination are capable of provoking.

Our ordinary, pre-revelational images of God are often little more than expressions and legitimations of those powers before whom we act out our heroic performances in an effort to gain the significance for which we crave.

For instance, while he correctly notes that hostility towards Jews increased in Catholic milieus in pre-war Poland, and that the responses of Polish Catholics to the Holocaust ranged widely from persecution to heroic acts of aid, he wrongfully accuses Cardinal Adam Sapieha, archbishop of Krakow, of intervening solely on behalf of «baptized Jews.»

Creatives feel they have no choice - it is this inevitable force that drives us - we are simply vehicles for something that is no less divine that what goes on in a primal forest or church or synagogue or birth or heroic act.

Having just walked through «Mission: Impossible» in colorlessly heroic mode, Mr. Cruise does some of his best real acting here.

Sometimes these crises are played for laughs (e.g. Peter Quill's insistence on being called «Star - Lord» in Guardians Of The Galaxy) and sometimes for drama, as in the three movies centered on Chris Evans» heroic Captain America (Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War), which follow his journey from Hitler - slugging song - and - dance propaganda act to fugitive.

Last year, four military dogs received medals for valor in the inaugural American Humane K - 9 Medal of Courage Awards, with American Humane President Robin Ganzert saying at the ceremony on Capitol Hill, «We feel it is time to recognize and honor the extraordinary feats and acts of devotion these heroic animals perform every day.»

And especially in 2017, spotlighting humanity is a heroic act.

Gender arguments veer between pro-feminist heroic rhetoric and misogynist - in - disguise movie - talk as, excluding Furiosa, the «breeders» are still the sexy little ladies you'd see in most Hollywood trite («The camera caresses acts of violence in the same way it caresses the brides» bodies.»

Flame & Citron (Unrated) World War II saga, set in Copenhagen in 1944, recounting the real - life exploits of a couple of legendary Danish patriots (Thure Lindhardt and Mads Mikkelsen) who performed heroic acts of sabotage with the Resistance during the Nazi occupation.

Being a fearless Black man or woman in America has been a heroic act since before this country was founded; but having a Black superhero on... Read More

The film starts slow, taking in every painful detail of the family coping with Jonathan's death, from Michael's secret cruelty to a pet dog to the inept military personnel who arrive at the door, treating their son's death like a bureaucratic problem at worst, a heroic act of martyrdom at best.

He sounds like a comic book hero, but the most heroic thing about him is this: He chooses to spend his days working in a public library, even though he suffers from a syndrome that compels him to act out, often audibly.

From a run - in with Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in Texas to heroic acts during World War II (rescuing soldiers and concentration camp prisoners alike), the early days of Weldon's life are — in a word — epic.

With heart - wrenching power and suspense, Hosseini shows how a woman's love for her family can move her to shocking and heroic acts of self - sacrifice, and that in the end it is love, or even the memory of love, that is often the key to survival.

Across one bittersweet weekend in their San Diego neighborhood, the revelers mingle among the palm trees and cacti, celebrating the lives of Big Angel and his mother, and recounting the many tales that have passed into family lore, the acts both ordinary and heroic that brought them to a fraught and sublime country and allowed them to flourish in the land they have come to call home.

We have seen dogs that sniff for bombs at airports and on trains, but sometimes «man's best friend» engages in the most heroic act.

Another heroic act dated back to July 2010, when senior constable Bruce Lamb's dog Gage was fatally shot during a routine drug search in Christchurch.

In addition to sled racing, the breed is also known for numerous heroic acts performed by these dogs.

A day of cruising the Florida coast in search of dolphins became a heroic act of dog rescue for one animal loving...

Fort Dodge will continue to recognize the heroic acts of our canine companions by presenting more ProHeart Hero Awards in the future.

In the cartoons and most of the comics, Toad acts as sidekick and constant companion for the brothers during their heroic adventures.

While the game obviously focuses on you as the primary hero in the game, you are basically one among many, working in tandem with a group called BLADE, which acts as a sort of heroic defense force and exploration team for humanity on the planet.

The next Mass Effect game takes place in the Helius Cluster (a cluster of 100s of solar systems in the Andromeda Galaxy), far removed by time and space from Commander Shepard's heroic acts and the final events of the Mass Effect trilogy.

In a medium historically used to glorify and immortalize heroic acts, these intimate stone works look inward.

Meaning in abstract expressionism lay in the heroic act of the artist.

His decision to walk away from his acceptance as a major figure in abstract expressionism is seen by many as a heroic act.

Just track the heroic passage of the Biggert * - Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act in 2012 and its subsequent gutting as property owners howled.

I realize the the acts of three firms that received money for work held out as pro bono shouldn't taint the heroic efforts of the other 50 firms which did indeed work at no cost and at least, in my mind, they don't.

To eliminate the risk of investigation or prosecution for police officers and fire fighters under health and safety legislation when engaged in the course of their duties if they have put themselves at risk as a result of committing an heroic act.

Just keep in mind that for every parent who causes their children's death, there is another who saves theirs with heroic, self - sacrificing acts.

The game knows this, as the few NPCs constantly poke fun at you for being a \» hero, \» and continue to take life a bit too lightly in spite of your constant heroic acts.

I pray for our country, and I pray that you, too, will seek the joy and beauty of this season as well as in the heroic acts of other human beings.