Sentences with phrase «national hero in»

A legend in the world of long - distance sailing and a national hero in Italy, Soldini looks more like a puckish fisherman compared to the coiffed locals in Southern California's tony coastal enclave of Marina del Rey.

Shot in a gorgeous black - and - white, «The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki» is an introspective, biographical drama directed by Juho Kuosmanen about the Finnish boxer Olli Maki, who was pointed to become a national hero in 1962 when... Continue reading →

The Ministry's PR team lead by Julia Staycova (Margita Gorsheva) turn Tzanko into a national hero in a televised event.

Daniela Vega has become a national hero in Chile, giving transgender rights advocates renewed hope for legal protection.

John Glenn, already a national hero in 1962, was almost lost in space.

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

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.

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.

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

«Our veterans are our heroes,» President Donald Trump said in a statement earlier this month, proclaiming November as National Veterans and Military Families Month.

«Mark - Up of H.R. 3996, The Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007 and H.R. 3997, The Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Act of 2007,» Hearing Before the Committee on Ways and Means, United States House of Representatives, November 1, 2007; «Baucus, Grassley Tackle Alternative Minimum Tax Relief on First Day of 110th Congress,» Press Release, January 4, 2007; «Easing the Family Tax Burden,» Hearing Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, March 8, 2001; «Revenue Proposals and Tax Cuts in the President's Budget,» Hearing Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, February 28, 2001; «President's Tax Relief Proposals: Individual Income Tax Rates,» Hearing Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, February 13, 2001; Jerry Tempalski, «The Impact of the 2001 Tax Bill on the Individual AMT,» National Tax Association Proceedings: 94th Annual Conference on Taxation, November 10, 2001.

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

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

On the other hand, he was certainly a great hero to the younger anti-Nazi campaigners, such as the «White Rose» group at Munich University (Hans and Sophie School — who were, incidentally, also inspired by the writings of another great Catholic, John Henry Newman) and the youth group at St Ludwig's Church in the same city who combined opposition to National Socialism with devout Catholicism and enthusiasm for the emerging liturgical movement.

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

Similarly, as I came to know Berlin during four months residence there in early 1999, I could think of no other national capital that has raised so many monuments not only to the heroes but to the victims.

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.

The marchers, numbering twenty thousand by the time they reached D.C., became a national sensation, and Cox's Army had received a hero's welcome in town after town on their way to the nation's capital.

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

Richards has proven divisive; a line in a New York Times article about her retirement states that, «Depending on whom you ask, the elegant 60 - year - old is a national «hero» or a «deeply evil woman» and «mass murderer.

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

To showcase once again how Heineken ® is pairing their decades of passion for soccer with the momentum the beautiful game has seen in the U.S., Heineken ® has launched the «Soccer is Here» campaign, which debuts a hat trick of renowned players as spokespeople, including International Spanish star and New York City Football Club (NYCFC) captain, David Villa, U.S. Women's National team captain and summer games hero, Carli Lloyd and American soccer legend Landon Donovan.

It was a long, circuitous route, Norman recently reminded reporters at his recent QBE Shootout, from Woods conceding at Liberty National in September that his playing career might be over to blasting drives past playing partner Justin Thomas at the Hero in the Bahamas.

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.

But as the home team ran on the field and faced the flag for the national anthem, the fans looked in vain for the Yankee hero.

YOGI Sirs: When the Mets took the title in the National League East, Yogi Berra suddenly became a hero.

We hailed in as a Hero at Spurs and now it feels like we have a keeper who played in nationals before coming... COME ON!

Soccer golf is a real thing that people participate in and now thanks to this hero kid, it's been brought to Augusta National.

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.

The Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere scored his first England goal in style and followed it up with another screamer to help maintain Englands 100 % record in the Euro2016 Qualifiers, and he hopes that this will be the start of his proper career in the national team, like some of his previous heroes...

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.

For the moment, anyway, England has a hero again; this was confirmed on Sept. 9, when British selectors announced that Both would be on the national team that would start play against Australia in Brisbane on Nov. 14.

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.

Final five minutes were a standstill.Brazil's under - 17 side have a lot to learn if they hope to emulate their heroes in the full national team after a disgraceful display of bad sportsmanship earlier this week saw them just stop playing in a game against the United States with five minutes left on the clock.

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.

When we think of heroes we think of brave war heroes, people acting in moments of adrenalin to save others etc. these might be national or community wide heroes We also use the word hero to mean someone we hold in extremely high esteem and look up to for any reason we see fit.

If you really want to improve school meals, here are 10 effective ways to support the hard - working school nutrition HEROES who are reshaping local and national food systems, teaching kids about where food comes from, and feeding millions of children their best meals of the day — every day — in thousands of schools across our country.

The non-profit School Nutrition Foundation (SNF) has recognized Patricia «Patty» Urbanczyk, Kitchen Manager at Edison Elementary in the School City of Hammond (IN) as one of five national School Nutrition Heroes in 201in the School City of Hammond (IN) as one of five national School Nutrition Heroes in 201IN) as one of five national School Nutrition Heroes in 201in 2018.

Due to her generous and heartfelt efforts across the district and in her community, the non-profit School Nutrition Foundation (SNF) has recognized April as one of five 2018 national School Nutrition Heroes.

Celebrated on Friday, May 1, National School Lunch Hero Day is an opportunity to say thank you to the school nutrition professionals in your community for all the hard work and care they provide to students.

But from where I sit (namely, in my PJ's, blogging about kids and food), the woman is a true hero for bringing national attention to a critical issue.

October is also, however, LGBTQ History Month and the month of National Coming Out Day, making Halloween's topics of heroes and hidden identities relevant in multiple ways.

For Immediate Release November 21, 2016 --[Altadena, Calif.]-- Friend and supporter of Five Acres Matthew Lillard said during his recognition speech in a room full of charities and nonprofits, «Today, on National Philanthropy Day, I am not the hero, here, you are - all of you in this room.

November 21, 2016 --[Altadena, Calif.]-- Friend and supporter of Five Acres Matthew Lillard said during his recognition speech in a room full of charities and nonprofits, «Today, on National Philanthropy Day, I am not the hero, here, you are - all of you in this room.

Oscar Lopez Rivera, an ex-member of a Puerto Rican nationalist group linked to deadly bombings in the 1970s and 1980s, received a hero's welcome from tens of thousands today at the Puerto Rican Day Parade in NYC — though organizers had abandoned plans to honor him as a «National Freedom Hero» due to a barrage of critichero's welcome from tens of thousands today at the Puerto Rican Day Parade in NYC — though organizers had abandoned plans to honor him as a «National Freedom Hero» due to a barrage of criticHero» due to a barrage of criticism.