Sentence examples for heroic risk from inspiring English sources

You can view the split in two ways: either that the "rebels" sold their soul to Sky TV; or that they took a heroic risk, taking matters into their own hands and getting themselves on TV.

Males and females valued different degrees of heroic risk for mates and same-sex friends.

Females valued heroic risk taking in male mates and less of it in female friends.

Males valued heroic risk taking by male friends, but preferred less of it in female mates.

Males may prefer heroic risk taking by male friends as they could be good allies.

The AKP, and President Erdogan more than others, took a heroic risk two years ago to start the peace process with the PKK.

Pirates are not marauding egotists who prize only bullion and rum, argue the two French professors; they are in fact heroic risk-takers who defy the excesses of capitalism and the tentacles of state control.

"With the severe fundamental problems in the European markets and slowing in U.S., China and the rest of the world, this is not the time to take heroic risks," Mr. McCain said.

You see heroic risk-taking (Google+), awe-inspiring technical feats (iPad), stunning one-off successes (MS Office), extraordinary marketing buzz (Facebook) and displays of brute force (Microsoft sales).

Do we still privilege the heroic, risk-taking, conquest-oriented scientific projects (like data gathering in remote parts of Antarctica) over more "mundane" projects that don't involve adventure and risk into wild nature?

Some feel it is a clash of perceptions the image of entrepreneurs (often perpetuated by the media) is that they are "heroic" figures, risk takers, innovators, and "born that way".