We are kept so busy trying to weigh the burden of cultural meaning that the poor kid has to carry that we never find time to grant him, as a person, anything but the most fleeting of existences.
Criticism has been heaped on him over his plans to amend the Constitution before national elections in October, in a way critics say would grant him, as president, too much control.
Aware that Mr Milosevic, though educated as a lawyer, is not an experienced trial attorney, they have granted him as much leeway as possible in cross-examining witnesses, a concession he has used ruthlessly.
Throughout Franco's rule, his authoritarian regime was based on the emergency war powers granted him as head of state and of the government by his fellow generals in 1936.
He added that the British authorities should make this gesture so Assange "can benefit from the right of asylum that we have granted him, as should be done in a respectful international relationship".
Launching military operations to free the eastern province of Deir ez-Zor from ISIS and positioning himself as an "effective" strategic player, Assad is forcing the international community to grant him legitimacy, as uncomfortable as it may make them feel.
We can certainly grant him absolution as a human being, but he appears to be in the market for forgiveness as a celebrity.
The gods crown Sugriva the king of Kishkinda and grant him Tara as a reward for aiding his "dead" brother.
He demands to be interviewed, and while Jim balks, after Dwight's persistent efforts to acquire an interview, Jo instructs Jim to grant him one, as she likes "a little bit of crazy".
Even being so generous as to grant him a divorce as a Christmas present.
Ultimately, the university agreed to grant him independent status, as long as he took out about $10,000 in total loans, kept a part-time job, and visited a counselor (which made him uncomfortable, since his only experience with therapists was with those who tried to convince him that he could change his sexuality).
