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The team were second in the constructors ' championship, aided by second places at Monaco and Watkins Glen scored by Piers Courage, driving a Brabham for the Frank Williams Racing Cars privateer squad.
Courage, dignity, altruism and loyalty were morally redemptive ; Lucian idealised this principle in his story of Sisinnes, who voluntarily fought as a gladiator, earned 10, 000 drachmas and used it to buy freedom for his friend, Toxaris.
*" It Takes an Enormous Amount of Courage to Speak the Truth When No One Else is Out There " -- World-Renowned Holocaust, Israel Scholars Defend DePaul Professor Norman Finkelstein as He Fights for Tenure ( Raul Hilberg and Avi Shlaim speak in support of Norman Finkelstein's scholarship and " The Holocaust Industry " specifically.
The figure is related to Heliodurus's work, Aethiopian History with its description of " a young Lady, sitting upon a Rock, of so rare and perfect a Beauty, as one would have taken her for a Goddess, and though her present misery opprest her with extreamest grief, yet in the greatness of her afflection, they might easily perceive the greatness of her Courage: A Laurel crown'd her Head, an a Quiver in a Scarf hanged at her back ".
# Socrates ' interlocutor asserts a thesis, for example " Courage is endurance of the soul ", which Socrates considers false and targets for refutation.
# Socrates secures his interlocutor's agreement to further premises, for example " Courage is a fine thing " and " Ignorant endurance is not a fine thing ".
The inscription reads in Russian and Georgian: " To the Militia of Our Faithful Imeretian People for Exceptional Courage Displayed against the Mountaineers in 1838.
The following were some important Syrian awards: Order of Umayyads, Medal of Military Honor, the War Medal, Medal for Courage, Yarmuk Medal, Wounded in Action Medal, and Medal of 8 March 1963.
One such title was The Legend of Zelda: Mystical Seed of Courage for Game Boy Color.
More recently, they composed and performed the music for the TLC series Resident Life, the theme song for the Disney Channel program Higglytown Heroes, and songs about the cartoons Dexter's Laboratory and Courage the Cowardly Dog.
The Woman's Sports Foundation Wilma Rudolph Courage Award is presented to a female athlete who exhibits extraordinary courage in her athletic performance, demonstrates the ability to overcome adversity, makes significant contributions to sports and serves as an inspiration and role model to those who face challenges, overcomes them and strives for success at all levels.
The film for Leone was to have been a homage to classic writers from literature such as — Edgar Lee Masters ( Spoon River Anthology ), Ambrose Bierce (" An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge "), Mark Twain (" A military campaign that failed "), Stephen Crane ( The red badge of Courage ), and Margaret Mitchell ( Gone with the Wind ), of whose novel he had wanted to film a remake.
Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism, which bears Joseph Medill's likeness.
One of the more high profile donations made was by former U. S. President John F. Kennedy who donated the money from the Pulitzer Prize for his book Profiles in Courage to the Fund.
Although there have been hundreds of orchestrators in film over the years, the most prominent film orchestrators for the latter half of the 20th century have been Herbert W. Spencer, Edward Powell, ( who worked almost exclusively with Alfred Newman ), and Alexander Courage.
# Socrates ' interlocutor asserts a thesis, for example " Courage is endurance of the soul ", which Socrates considers false and targets for refutation.
# Socrates secures his interlocutor's agreement to further premises, for example " Courage is a fine thing " and " Ignorant endurance is not a fine thing ".
* Courage to Care Award is a plaque with miniature bas-reliefs depicting the backdrop for the rescuers ’ exceptional deeds during the Nazis ’ persecution, deportation and murder of millions of Jews.
* The Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage is a prize awarded by Georgia Institute of Technology to individuals who uphold the legacy of former Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr., whose actions in Atlanta, Georgia and testimony before congress in support of the 1963 Civil Rights Bill legislation set a standard for courage during the turbulent civil rights era of the 1960s.
He won international acclaim for his 1895 Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage, which he wrote without any battle experience.
Although recognized primarily for The Red Badge of Courage, which has become an American classic, Crane is also known for short stories such as " The Open Boat ", " The Blue Hotel ", " The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky ", and The Monster.

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Later legends ( beginning with a poem by Statius in the 1st century AD ) state that Achilles was invulnerable in all of his body except for his heel.
One interpretation of his motive is that it was in revenge for Achilles ' sacrilege in murdering Troilus, the god's own son by Hecuba, on the very altar of the god's own temple.
Hector, in his final moments, begs Achilles for an honorable burial.
Thetis has told Achilles to allow King Priam to come and take the body for ransom.
Once King Priam has been notified that Achilles will allow him to claim the body, he goes to his safe to withdraw the ransom for Hector's body.
Achilles, moved by Priam's actions and following his mother's orders sent by Zeus, returns Hector's body, and promises Priam a truce of twelve days to allow the Trojans to perform funeral rites for Hector.
* In Michael Longley's poem ' Ceasefire ', Priam's petition to Achilles for the return of Hector's body is used as an analogue for the necessity for opposing sides to make conciliatory gestures, however difficult, to bring about peace in Northern Ireland.
It is crucial, however, not to underestimate the creative and transforming power of subsequent tradition: for instance, Achilles, the most important character of the Iliad, is strongly associated with southern Thessaly, but his legendary figure is interwoven into a tale of war whose kings were from the Peloponnese.
He designed Hermes ' winged helmet and sandals, the Aegis breastplate, Aphrodite's famed girdle, Agamemnon's staff of office, Achilles ' armor, Heracles ' bronze clappers, Helios ' chariot ( and one for himself, to be used on account of his lameness ), the shoulder of Pelops, and Eros ' bow and arrows.
Later Jason and Peleus, father of the hero Achilles, attacked and defeated Acastus, reclaiming the throne of Iolcus for himself once more.
It is famous for being the ultimate natural weakness of Superman and most other Kryptonians, and the word Kryptonite has since become synonymous with an Achilles ' heel — the one weakness of an otherwise invulnerable hero.
In Iliad XVIII, when Thetis cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles for the slain Patroclus:
Notably he encountered the spirit of Agamemnon, of whose murder he now learned, and Achilles, who told him about the woes of the land of the dead ( for Odysseus ' encounter with the dead, see also Nekuia ).
Both sides agree to a temporary truce, and Achilles gives Priam leave to hold a proper funeral for Hector, complete with funeral games.
This vase suggests he was descended partly from Apollo ( thus partly divine, shades of Achilles ), whom he worshiped as a God, gave private parties in his honor together with Minerva, Roman Goddess of War, from the founder of Rome, and his connection to his uncle Julius Caesar, for whom as a young man he gave a remarkable funeral oratory, and who adopted him on his father's death, when he was only four.
Nurmi struggled to maintain motivation for running, heightened by his rheumatism and Achilles tendon problems.
In ancient Greece, the earliest mention of oratorical skill occurs in Homer's Iliad, where heroes like Achilles, Hektor, and Odysseus were honored for their ability to advise and exhort their peers and followers ( the Laos or army ) in wise and appropriate action.
This is the source of the expression Achilles ' heel, a metaphor for a vulnerable spot.
Kilmer had started the first three games of the season, was replaced in game four by 38-year-old Sonny Jurgensen, then replaced Jurgensen when he was lost for the season with an Achilles tendon injury.
Achilles killed Hector, and afterwards he dragged Hector's body from his chariot and refused to return the body to the Trojans for burial.
She was purified from this action by Priam, and in exchange she fought for him and killed many, including Machaon ( according to Pausanias, Machaon was killed by Eurypylus ), and according to another version, Achilles himself, who was resurrected at the request of Thetis.
Achilles slew Thersites, and after a dispute sailed to Lesbos, where he was purified for his murder by Odysseus after sacrificing to Apollo, Artemis, and Leto.

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