Wakanda evokes a prelapsarian Africa, free of Western colonial devastation: the country's resources are unplundered, its chain of tradition is unbroken, its cultural heritage is fully realized, and its technological achievements embody both the country's material and intellectual resources.
She felt the pain of being misunderstood all too keenly after 9/11, she said, because she realized that her heritage made her an outsider, at best, to people who knew nothing about her or about Arab-Americans.
Their tale has become legend as others have sought to bask in their glory, but, alas, their worst fear was realized: Although their heritage differed, they were, technically, equal.
But that military heritage involved artillery testing, and Mr. McCarthy realized that Hurricane Sandy might have uncovered unexploded ordnance.
I have only lately realized the importance of my heritage.
He loved it — the huge cranes delicately pouring pots of molten fire, the camaraderie on the production line, the proud heritage of making something tangible — but soon realized he could never make a career there.
As someone whose last name starts and ends the same way as his, I realized that he might also share my heritage.
They have belatedly realized that language is part of our intellectual heritage and something that should be encouraged.
Mr. Campi said that there were economic factors, too, and that public officials were beginning to realize that heritage tourism can be a real boon.
When he later begins dating a Bengali woman whom he has known since childhood, he embraces their shared ambivalence about their cultural heritage even as he realizes that their alliance is "fulfilling a collective, deep-seated desire" on the part of their families.
