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Article: Surveying heroes. (Editor's Note).
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- February 1, 2003
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Although Webster and others may have spent painstaking hours defining all the words in their tomes, we can formulate our own definitions for many words based on our experiences. I, for one, associate the word "hero" with a vision of my grandfather saving my leg from the relentless grind of a riding lawnmower blade in my early childhood. Most likely, another person's definition of hero is quite different. Perhaps it is branded on one's father, uncle, godparent, sibling, teacher or coworker.
And although there may be many different definitions of hero to the readers of this page, one thing can probably be agreed upon: a hero is someone with courage, diligence and ...