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Antony Beevor, for example, writes, " Malraux stands out, not just because he was a mythomaniac in his claims of martial heroismin Spain and later in the French Resistance – but because he cynically exploited the opportunity for intellectual heroism in the legend of the Spanish Republic.
Once more inspired by the example of Michelet, who had just written an admirable work on Joan of Arc, he published the text of the two trials of Joan, adding much contemporary evidence on her heroism in his Procès de condamnation et de réhabilitation de Jeanne d ' Arc ( 5 vols.
He is honored as a hero and receives praise from his daughter Lisa, but he starts to feel unworthy because he knows that his so-called heroism was just luck.

heroism and before
Times reviewer made this point explicitly: " This air age, when death comes too swiftly for heroism or with no survivors to record it, can still turn with wonder to an age before yesterday when a thousand deaths at sea seemed the very worst the world must suffer.
The Baron ( who again appears elderly after being " expelled from a state of bliss ", in his words ) struggles with the conflicting goals of heroism and a peaceful death, before deciding to escape by blowing " a modicum of snuff " out into the sea creature's cavernous interior, which causes the sea creature to " sneeze " the heroes out through its whale-like blowhole.
For her heroism in evacuating passengers before herself dying in the fire, flight attendant Barbara Jane Harrison posthumously receives the George Cross, while Chief Steward Nevile Davis-Gordon receives the British Empire Medal for Gallantry and air traffic controller John Davis is appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire.
In the street Renzo announces loudly that he is being punished for his heroism the day before and, with the aid of sympathetic onlookers, he effects his escape.
... for extraordinary heroism in action before Berzy-le-Sec, near Soissons, France, during the Aisne-Marne offensive, July 19, 1918.
Sophonisba, seeking to reward their heroism, prays to the Gods, who return the world to how it had been four years before ; and so, with a blare of trumpets, an ambassador from Witchland arrives, " craving present audience ," and the story starts over again.
After proving heroism in saving Thor from the villain and an expert usage of Mjolnir, the hammer then forged Bill's own hammer out of a toilet brush, after which Bill chooses from names such as " Windbreaker " before finally settling on " Stormbreaker.
The heroism of the Crusades pales before the incredible and quiet courage of such boys who gave us a new interpretation of Calvary.
For the last years of his life, he suffered from chronic ill health, before dying on 11 February 1986 of lung cancer hours before his heroism was honoured by the Royal Navy Philatelic Office with a first-day cover.
Kid dies, but not before telling Geoff of Bat's heroism.
This writing glorified the heroism of the Confederate army and civilian population during the Civil War and the supposedly " idyllic culture " that existed in the South before the war ( known as the Antebellum South ).
Many more acts of silent heroism among our civil servants might be needed before we can finally rise Gunmar Myrdal ’ s lasting criticism of the soft state .”

heroism and during
The French appointed Pierre Le Moyne d ' Iberville, who had shown great heroism during the raids, as commander of the company's captured posts.
The four nurses remained the sole women recipients of the Silver Star until: Sergeant Leigh Ann Hester was awarded the Silver Star in 2005 for gallantry during an insurgent ambush on a convoy in Iraq, three nurses who had served in World War I were awarded the Silver Star posthumously in 2007, and Army Specialist Monica Lin Brown was awarded the Silver Star in March 2008 for heroism in the War in Afghanistan.
* April 15 – WWII: King George VI awards the George Cross to Malta to mark the Siege of Malta, saying, " To honour her brave people I award the George Cross to the Island Fortress of Malta, to bear witness to a heroism and a devotion that will long be famous in history ( from January 1 to July 24, there is only one 24-hour period during which no bombs fall on this tiny island ).
He was wounded at the Battle of Fair Oaks and later received the Medal of Honor for heroism during the battle.
The Museum highlights Malta ’ s military role in the post-1800 period under British rule, and memorializes especially the suffering and the heroism that characterised Malta during the Second World War.
Fairfield was the hometown of Kenneth Michael Kays, recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism during the Vietnam War, and Country music singer-songwriter Lance Miller.
For their bravery and heroism they received awards and commendations, including official thanks in the form of resolutions passed by the state legislature and the National Association of Police Organizations TOP COPS award, which was given during a ceremony at the White House, conducted by president Bill Clinton.
* Jedh Colby Barker ( 1945 – 67 ), United States Marine Corps Lance Corporal who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Vietnam War.
* Robert R. Scott, Machinist's Mate First Class aboard the USS California ( BB-44 ) posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Daly was associated with an act of frontier heroism that occurred when a fire broke out during a Christmas program at the isolated Oregon town of Silver Lake in December, 1894.
In 1942, the United States Navy reverted to a single Medal of Honor awarded only for heroism in combat. Arising from these criteria, approximately 60 percent of the medals earned during and after World War II have been awarded posthumously.
He was posthumously awarded the FBI Medal of Valor for acts of heroism during his final Iraq tour, and his family was presented with the FBI Memorial Star.
: For extraordinary heroism and distinguished service ... as the commander of a destroyer squadron operating in the Northern Solomon Islands area during the period from midnight October 30 to noon November 2, 1943.
: For extraordinary heroism in action against enemy Japanese forces during the Solomon Islands Campaign, from 1 November 1943 to February 23, 1944 ... Destroyer Squadron Twenty-three operated in daring defiance of repeated attacks by hostile air groups, closing the enemy's strongly fortified shores to carry out sustained bombardments against Japanese coastal defenses and render effective cover and fire support for the major invasion operations in this area ...
She was initially resentful of this, but was moved by Buzz's heroism during a crisis.
The battlefield of Guillemont was to see acts of heroism by Captain Chavasse, the only man to be awarded the Victoria Cross twice during the First World War.
The siege which it endured in 1472 at the hands of the Duke of Burgundy, was rendered famous by the heroism of the town's women, under the leadership of Jeanne Hachette, whose memory is still celebrated by a procession on 14 October ( the feast of Sainte Angadrême ), during which women take precedence over men.
On May 8, 1965 by the decree of the USSR Presidium of the Supreme Soviet International Women's Day was declared a non-working day in the USSR " in commemoration of the outstanding merits of Soviet women in communistic construction, in the defense of their Fatherland during the Great Patriotic War, in their heroism and selflessness at the front and in the rear, and also marking the great contribution of women to strengthening friendship between peoples, and the struggle for peace.
His heroism is overlooked when he gives the stick to Pooh and tries to catch Roo, who has been catapulted into the air during the rescue attempt.
Ball was based in Asia and the Pacific during World War II and was awarded the Bronze Star for heroism during the Battle of Okinawa.
Immediately after his return to Paris the war with Prussia broke out, and his conduct during the disastrous year that followed was marked by a devoted heroism which has secured for him an enduring fame.
Hines commanded the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, from May to August 1918 during which Hines time he received the Distinguished Service Cross, the second-highest U. S. Army decoration for valor, for " extraordinary heroism in action near Berzy-le-Sec, France, July 21, 1918.
Named for USMC aviator Lt. Cecil J. Doyle, posthumous recipient of the Navy Cross for heroism during 18 to 25 October 1942 in the Solomon Islands campaign.

heroism and Wars
* Stephen Decatur ( 1779 – 1820 ), naval officer notable for his heroism in the Barbary Wars and in the War of 1812.
Richard Longstreet Tea ( 1842-September 14, 1911 ) was an American Civil War hero who received the Medal of Honor for heroism on April 23, 1875 during the Indian Wars.

heroism and is
The primary purpose of this text is to refine the literary concept dhvani or poetic suggestion, by arguing for the existence of rasa-dhvani, primarily in forms of Sanskrit including a word, sentence or whole work " suggests " a real-world emotional state or bhāva, but thanks to aesthetic distance, the sensitive spectator relishes the rasa, the aesthetic flavor of tragedy, heroism or romance.
He is a practicing idealist who, after years of attempted heroism, is tired of crusading and has come to the Cookie Jar to retire.
The Bronze Star Medal or Bronze Star is an individual military decoration of the United States Armed Forces that may be awarded for acts of heroism, acts of merit, or meritorious service in a combat zone.
When awarded for acts of heroism, the medal is awarded with the " V " Device.
* 1964 – Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
) of 1959, which deals with the Battle of Stalingrad, the focus is on celebrating the heroism of the German soldier in that battle, who are shown as valiantly holding out against overwhelming odds with no mention at all of what those soldiers were fighting for, namely National Socialist ideology or the Holocaust.
Later, hero ( male ) and heroine ( female ) came to refer to characters who, in the face of danger and adversity or from a position of weakness, display courage and the will for self sacrifice — that is, heroism — for some greater good of all humanity.
Hero or heroine is sometimes used to simply describe the protagonist of a story, or the love interest, a usage which can conflict with the superhuman expectations of heroism.
* 1900 – American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor, for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
* On 24 November each year, Lachit Divas is celebrated statewide in Assam, India, to commemorate the heroism of the great general Lachit Borphukan and the victory of the Assamese army over the Mughal army at the battle of Saraighat in 1671.
Even Scott's heroism in the face of death is challenged ; Huntford sees Scott's Message to the Public as a deceitful self-justification from a man who had led his comrades to their deaths.
Finally, Positive Risk Management recognizes that risk taking is essential to all enterprise, creativity, heroism, education, scientific advance – in fact to any activity and all the initiatives that have contributed to our evolutionary success and civilization.
The Silver Star is awarded for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States not justifying one of the two higher ranking valor decorations – the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, and the Air Force Cross awards for extraordinary heroism or the Medal of Honor, the highest ranking military award, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.
* May 23 – Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in 1863, as the first African American to have been awarded this medal.
Beevor's reference to " claims of martial heroism " is also dubious since although Malraux's books sometimes describe military action, he never presents his own role as especially heroic.
* Gouyen ( in Mescalero Góyą ́ ń-" the one who is wise " or “ Wise Woman ”) ( c. 1857-1903 ), was a woman from the Warm Springs local group of the Chihenne band noted for her heroism, with her son Kaywaykla and her second husband Ka-ya-ten-nae she escaped the Battle of Tres Castillos, her infant daughter was said to have been killed in the attack
For Corfiotes a recent example of such heroism is that of geology student Kostas Georgakis, who set himself ablaze in Genoa, Italy on 19 September 1970, in a protest against the Greek military junta of 1967-1974.
Virtuous pagan heroism or courage in this sense is " trusting in your own strength ," as observed by Jacob Grimm in his Teutonic Mythology,
The Geneva militia's successful defense of the city's walls is celebrated to the present day as an act of heroism with the annual festival of L ' Escalade.
A famous example is the poem " Strophes pour se souvenir ", which was written by the communist academic Louis Aragon in 1955 to commemorate the heroism of the Manouchian Group, whose 23 members were shot by the Nazis.
His heroism is essential for capturing Troy ; his skills as an orator and schemer as well as his strength and skills on the battle field are instrumental in the success of the Greeks.
Gunnar is probably the most unreservedly admired of Icelandic saga heroes: a man of heroism, energy, virtue, and — above all — unswerving loyalty to the land of his birth and love for its overpowering physical beauty.

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