A subterranean theatre shows a grainy black-and-white movie, accompanied by a stirring orchestral soundtrack, lauding the ingenuity of the dam's engineers and the intrepidity of the "high scalers" who dangled fearlessly with drills and hammers above the Black Canyon.
Livy's descriptions of the capture of Veii and the expulsion of the Gauls from Rome in the 4th century bc by Marcus Furius Camillus are designed to illustrate his piety; the crossing of the Alps shows up the resourceful intrepidity of Hannibal.
Ross joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1942, and he was awarded a Silver Star for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action" for his heroics at the Battle of Guadalcanal (August 1942 February 1943), where he was wounded.
He envied English intrepidity in the discussion of religious and philosophic questions and was particularly interested in the Quakers.
On reaching England, Franklin joined the Bellerophon, 74, and in that ship he was again entrusted with the signals, a duty which he executed with his accustomed coolness and intrepidity in the great battle of Trafalgar, while those stationed around him on the poop fell fast, and were all, with only four or five exceptions, either killed or wounded.
It is given for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life, above and beyond the call of duty".
No doubt he was an inspiring military leader who fired his army with religious fervour and whose personal intrepidity, imaginative tactics, and constant concern for his men evoked their love and loyalty.
But the intrepidity with which Wordsworth explored his own inner life and the generosity with which he shared it remain more than convincing: even now, they continue to define the highest aspirations of modern poetry.
In May, 1943, Moore was awarded the Navy Cross, "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action".
People old enough to remember the intrepidity with which CNN covered the first Gulf War, twenty years ago — it's what put the network on the map — and its later coverage of Bosnia, wonder whether in-depth TV news reporting is on its way out.
Kerry was in combat in Vietnam for four months, and he came home with three Purple Hearts for relatively minor wounds, a Bronze Star "for heroic achievement," a Silver Star "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action," and with what he called his "war notes," hundreds of handwritten pages of journals and impressions.
