(Richard Bissell, whom Hoffman summoned from M.I.T. to act as his chief economist, comes close to being a sixth hero — something of a rehabilitation for a figure now mostly recalled as one of the C.I.A. men behind the Bay of Pigs invasion).
Old Dodgers named Ralph Branca and Joe Pignatano took part in the pregame ceremony, and a young Cyclone named Edgar Rodriguez became the first hero of the new generation with a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth to tie the game.
We teach about the 13 colonies anyway; we should include information about the first hero of the American Revolution, a black man, Crispus Attucks.
The first hero of that struggle was the then prime minister, FW de Klerk.
The giant, really the wizard Cú Roi in disguise, proclaims Cú Chulainn the first hero of Ulster.
Further down would be Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber, who struck out at technology, and Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber who saw himself as the first hero of the second American revolution.
My third hero of the year is also my favourite assassin: Lawrence Block's Keller is back in his fourth outing, Hit and Run (Orion), this time as the intended victim.
Douglas Fairbanks was really the first hero of American cinema".
The first hero of my life was my mother, Gloria Barron.
"Gloria al Niño Ricardo" is dedicated to Niño Ricardo who was de Lucía's "first hero" of the guitar.
