Sentences with phrase «of folk hero»

From the title, we assume it to be that of folk hero, John Henry, who as a 19th century working - class figure, beat the machine that was about to take over his job, leading to his death.

He began to be portrayed as a kind of folk hero, though he had helped build and protect a growing industry of puppy mills.

john teeling certainly has some interesting companies and contacts and is abit of a folk hero in some parts of the emerald isle.

Whitehead conducts an inventive, funny, and bittersweet inquiry into the significance of folk hero John Henry by paralleling the legend of the steel - driving man who took on the Industrial Revolution with the story of a cynical black writer, who pits himself against the Information Age.

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

The «mocking» of Chuck Norris has made him more of a folk hero than a tarnished has - been.

Wilmer Flores became something of a folk hero after his no - trade, and he's still young enough to improve, but the smart money is on Cabrera helping more.

I'm sort of a folk hero right now with the crazy dance that I came up with.

Not exact matches

Sequoia grew to maturity under the glow of Buffett, the folk - hero money mind whose stewardship of Berkshire Hathaway prompted a national following based on the virtues of common - sense investing and avoiding mistakes.

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.

Before Osama was a notorious revolutionary folk hero of the Islamic world, he was actually just a man, with a vision, with incredible desire and will to try to create something he believed would liberate his people.

I've always gotten a kick out of how each of us (well, at least the happy folks), usually tell stories where they are the heros.

The analogy I used when I was startled by a similarly lame attempt at proof by an otherwise intelligent fellow grad student is that using the bible to prove the resurrection is like using the Old Irish tales I had been studying then to prove the superhuman powers of Irish folk hero Cu Chulainn.

While other Blazers bowled, danced and played air hockey with some of the folks who had helped to sell out the last seven games at the Rose Garden, Oden stayed off his feet, repairing to a back room to play Guitar Hero.

FOLK HERO, TWO - TIME SUPER BOWL REF, OWNER OF THE MOST FAMOUS GUNS IN THE NFL.

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 was essentially «roided out of his head, but he was a folk hero.

He finished with 16 points on 5 - of - 8 shooting from the field, forever establishing himself as a national championship folk hero.

The people of the area are still annoyed at Creek and Long — «the Gestapo,» as one housewife calls them — and John Arambel has become a local folk hero.

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

• Darla — Inspired by American fashion model Darla Baker • Joni — Inspired by folk singer Joni Mitchell or Joni from Happy Days • Lavinia - Of Latin origin Lavinia was the daughter of King Latinus and the wife of Trojan hero Aeneas, who named the city Lavinium in her honouOf Latin origin Lavinia was the daughter of King Latinus and the wife of Trojan hero Aeneas, who named the city Lavinium in her honouof King Latinus and the wife of Trojan hero Aeneas, who named the city Lavinium in her honouof Trojan hero Aeneas, who named the city Lavinium in her honour.

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).

Mr. Donovan was Mr. Molinari's point man when the borough president was negotiating the closure of the city's garbage dump, known as the Fresh Kills Land Fill, an effort that would make Rudolph Giuliani, the Republican mayor, a folk hero of sorts in the borough.

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...

Steve Jobs, cofounder of Apple Computers who died this week, had a reputation as a passionate business leader and a modern folk hero.

A jaguar that prowled the Santa Rita Mountains became something of a local folk hero.

«She is the voice of greatness,» says Russel Honoré, the now - retired U.S. Army lieutenant general who became a local folk hero when he led search and rescue and evacuation after Hurricane Katrina and later founded the GreenARMY, a coalition of environmental groups fighting against pollution in the Gulf region.

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!

In a meeting of the minds, the folk hero and the electronic - music guru produce an unexpectedly listenable collection of songs that doesn't really compromise either of their styles.

What's strangely missing from this social picture is any image of the economic misery that made Dillinger a folk hero.

The story picks up after the previous edition of the Hunger Games, when underdog survivors Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) begin a victory tour throughout the districts of Panem at the request of the government, which aims to turn them into puppets and romantic folk heroes.

You know: roguish folk hero stays a step ahead of the Sheriff of Nottingham, steals from the rich, gives to the poor, woos Maid Marion, buckles his swash with the Merry Men in Sherwood Forest and performs mind blowing feats with a bow and arrow.

JOHN HENRY (2000) U.S. Release Date: October 30, 2000 Director: Mark Henn Producer: Steven Keller Imaginatively told through words, music, and stylish visuals, «John Henry» celebrates the life and legend of a great American folk hero.

At the end of the day, these heroes are happy with the finished product, feeling the movie does a good job inspiring acts of heroism in regular folk.

It goes against Disney's generic strengths in many aspects, exploring a real historical figure rather than the heroes and villains of European folk tales, and in exploring this subject, it clearly doesn't go far enough in its ideas or characterisations.

In a joint interview with Cooper, the director of «Crazy Heart» and «Out of the Furnace,» the two discussed the challenges of portraying a folk - hero criminal who has, as Cooper said, «left a real emotional scar on the city of Boston.»

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.

With the phenomenal success of the Avengers still vibrating in the world's collective consciousness, the folks at LEGO sent a set of Avengers - themed LEGO Marvel Super Heroes bricks my way.

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»).

It won't be a dramatic shock to your system, then, to see that «Invincible,» the tale of an average Joe... or, in this case, an average Vince... who becomes an unlikely football hero, was produced by the same folks who were behind «The Rookie» (Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray).

As the movie ends, Riddick is at a crossroads, his choice to become a beefstick (which would be a shame) or a folk hero (which is what he was at the end of the last film).

Ridley Scott's film, therefore, has a difficult challenge of trying to portray Lucas as an ambitious, enviable folk hero even while occasionally showing just what kind of abominable destruction he conveyed to everyone around him.

To be fair, he's mixed it up with some nicer folks from time to time — he put in a remarkable against - type performance in Terry Gilliam's The Zero Theorem and reunited with his Basterds director Quentin Tarantino to play one of the heroes in Django Unchained.

However, now it seems like Steam Greenlight is where a lot of those up - and - coming folks are headed, and Cuve Games» Heroes & Legends: Conquerors of Kolhar is an example of a game that might just want to stick to the Flash Sites.

Deadpool 2 is the sort of movie where the heroes kill a guy — after spending the last act of the film saving that guy so one of the characters will learn a moral lesson — all in the hopes of scoring a quick laugh derived from the joys of knocking off religious zealots, while also using time travel during the mid-credits scene to erase a death that took place earlier in the film so as to avoid outraged howls from Internet folks about the wickedness of «fridging» tertiary female characters.

Reynolds» fans should enjoy this pre-Smokey and the Bandit vehicle that helped solidify the persona and Southern folk hero image that he would make famous just a couple of years later.

The heroes and villains of the different time periods join their worlds, with the expanded roster including the likes of Spider - Man 2099 and his villains, a gaggle of medieval - themed folks like the Black Knight.

Seriously folks, this is the kind of story that unabashedly honors its heroes, and gives credit where credit is due.

Robert Culp co-stars as a newspaperman who sees a big story in Wilma — the dispossessed victim turned folk hero outlaw — and ends up helping her mission of revenge.