Sentences with phrase «national hero»

Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, John F. Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King Jr. were among the names cited most often as national heroes in a recent ABCNews Poll of Adults.

Von Braun developed the V - 2 during World War II for Hitler, emigrated to the USA to create rockets for NASA, and became something of national hero in the space agency's heyday of the 1960s.

Manny Pacquiao is a legitimate national hero for the Philippines, so this brand - new shirt put out by Floyd Mayweather's The Money Team will almost certainly get some blood boiling:

It is named after I Gusti Ngurah Rai, an Indonesian national hero who died in a puputan (fight to the death) against the Dutch at Marga during the Indonesian Revolution in 1946.

The Jakarta Post The government awarded four public figures National Hero status for their past contributions to the country at a ceremony held at the State Palace on Friday.

The boxing ring provides a unique and extraordinary accommodation; it presents proscribed behaviour, fighting as public spectacle, and has the capacity to transform the marginalized and the dispriveleged into national hero's.

Tunisia will be hungry upon qualifying for the first time since 2006, while Panama are already national heroes and won't be playing under any pressure.

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.

Elephant Ride Elephant safari will take you pass through unworldly beauty of natural rice paddies, quant Balinese village, temples and local markets on the scenic drive to Bali elephant camp, located in history village of Carang Sari, birth place Bali national hero «Ngurah Rai «(name of Bali International Airport) and only a short distance from the Sangeh monkey forest.

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

Walk right into the center of the ninth - century city, a former capital of the kingdom of Castile and home to the Spanish national hero El Cid.

It is named after I Gusti Ngurah Rai, an Indonesian National Hero who died in a puputan (fight to the death) against the Dutch at Marga during the Indonesian Revolution in 1946.

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

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

Douglas Gordon: Black Burns will aim to render Flaxman's totemic sculpture of Scotland's national hero at once more human, more vulnerable and more exposed.

Among other things which are named after or have anything to do with Balinese national hero I Gusti Ngurah Rai (i.e. Ngurah Rai International Airport, Ngurah Rai by pass, or Margarana Heroes Burial Park), Tanah Aron is the least known and given adequate attention.

Rizal Monument is the resting place of the Filipino national hero Dr. Jose Rizal.

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

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).

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.

Sudhir Hazareesingh (SH): When I was finishing my book on the Napoleonic legend, I concluded that since the 1980s, General de Gaulle had become France's favourite national hero.

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

King Władysław II Jagiełło, a Polish national hero, is said to have hunted here before he defeated Teutonic knights in 1410.

In books and articles she critiqued the theory of the French national hero, René Descartes.

Growing up in Norway he had admiration for Norwegian national heroes — the polar explorers Nansen and Amundsen — but it was as an adult while co-editing «Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives» that Dr Thorsen got to combine his personal and professional interests.

Since the 15th century, Arminius has been glorified as a German national hero.

Scottish national hero Sir William Wallace (Gibson), leads a 13th - century rebellion against landowning English nobles.

The political powers that be make big plans for national hero Brody, but his increasingly erratic behavior threatens his media darling status; Carrie grows desperate for evidence linking Brody with Abu Nazir, as Saul directs her to focus on Nazir's money trail.

Backed by his chief of staff and former viceroy Hastings Ismay (Michael Gambon), Louis works to broker compromise between the incoming Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru (Tanveer Ghani), Pakistani Muslim leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Denzil Smith), and symbolic national hero Mahatma Ghandi (Neeraj Kabi).

One of the many gambits of Todd Komarnicki's script is where it opens: Days after the incident, with Sully already a reluctant national hero.

On the main plaza, chickens waddle past a statue of José Martí, Cuba's omnipresent national hero.

Alajuela has great historical importance thanks to national hero Juan Santamaria, who was born in this beautiful province.

The square is named after the Albanian national hero, Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu.

Feature image (above): The Georgian - style Admiral's Inn Antigua is named after national hero Admiral Horatio Nelson.

If successful you will be national heroes upon graduation, and receive free nonpolluting cars the rest of your natural lives.

He has done everything he can to tie NOAA in knots and prevent them from studying global warming, including subpoenaing ridiculous amounts of information and intimidating its administrator, the astronaut and national hero Kathryn Sullivan.

In Canada, Cortana loves hockey, and in India, Cortana celebrates cricket star and national hero Sachin Tendulkar.

These elite guardsmen are recognized as national heroes, exemplars of virtue and honor.

By saving shelter dogs and transforming them into national heroes, the Search Dog Foundation highlights the capabilities of shelter dogs for all types of service programs.

Elephant safari will take you pass through unworldly beauty of natural rice paddies, quant Balinese village, temples and local markets on the scenic drive to Bali elephant camp, located in history village of Carang Sari, birth place Bali national hero «I Gusti Ngurah Rai «(name of Bali International Airport) and only a short distance from the Sangeh monkey forest.

It commemorates the Jamaican national hero who championed a back - to - Africa movement for blacks in the U.S.

The building, nowadays a museum, is the deathplace of Simón Bolívar, independence fighter and national hero of several South American states.

We heard about how Villa feels that he is being hard done by Messi, we also heard about Liverpool and Chelsea already waiting to land the unsettled Spanish national hero and the story goes on.