• The Order of the Heroic Exemplar (Chinese: 英雄模范勋章) was the second highest military decoration, during 2011 and 2018, awarded by the Government of the...
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    sustained upon landing, and was posthumously awarded the First Class Order of Heroic Exemplar on 30 November. In July 2017, a J-15 suffered a left engine fire...
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  • Hero of Socialist Labour [de], Mother Heroine [nl] China - Order of Heroic Exemplar Cuba - Hero of the Republic of Cuba Czechoslovakia - Hero of the Czechoslovak...
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    Germanic heroic legend (‹See Tfd›German: germanische Heldensage) is the heroic literary tradition of the Germanic-speaking peoples, most of which originates...
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    approval of Xi Jinping, Chairman of the Central Military Commission, the Order of August the First was re-established. On 28 July 2017, Xi Jinping awarded...
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  • Lin Junde (category Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering)
    3rd Prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award 2013 Order of Heroic Exemplar for Distinguished Scientist (Devoted to the cause of National...
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    Condecoración Miguel Hidalgo (category Orders, decorations, and medals of Mexico)
    merits; exemplar conduct or life's work; relevant services rendered unto the Nation or to Mankind; or heroic acts. There are very few records of it being...
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    stories about marvel-filled adventures, often of a chivalric knight-errant portrayed as having heroic qualities, who goes on a quest. It developed further...
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  • the Exemplars. Hercules becomes a drunkard, dismayed at the dissolution of the Avengers during the "Disassembled" storyline, and the destruction of Asgard...
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    Hanuman (redirect from Temple of Hanuman)
    depicted him as the patron deity of martial arts, meditation, and scholarly pursuits. He is revered as an exemplar of self-control, faith, and commitment...
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    Dietrich von Bern is the name of a character in Germanic heroic legend who originated as a legendary version of the Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great...
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    Ernest Shackleton (category Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
    expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Born in Kilkea, County...
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    fifth exemplar appears to have a serpent bell. The fact that the carnyces were deposited on a holy site underlines the sacrificial importance of the instrument...
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  • Bodhisattva, immortal, goddess or exemplar of Confucian virtue, depending on the tradition. The four largest schools of Han Buddhism (Chan, Jingtu, Tiantai...
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    Markos Botsaris (category Members of the Church of Greece)
    Μπότσαρης, το απόλυτο πρότυπο ηρωισμού ["Markos Botsaris, the absolute exemplar of heroism"]. Στρατιωτική Ιστορία ("Military History") (in Greek). Περισκόπιο...
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    period, Arthur was made one of the Nine Worthies, a group of three pagan, three Jewish and three Christian exemplars of chivalry. The Worthies were first...
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    Louis Zamperini (category American prisoners of war in World War II)
    in honor of Louis Zamperini. In the fall of 2015, Zamperini was named as the class exemplar for the United States Air Force Academy Class of 2018 for...
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  • parody of heroic poetry and the "dark" and "mysterious" alchemical literature, and in particular the sometimes esoterically Classical heroic poetry of the...
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    Rani Padmini (category Queens consort of Mewar)
    by Muslims, as a symbol of bravery and an exemplar like Meera. Padmini Mahal (Padmini Palace), said to be the royal abode of Queen Padmini, is situated...
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    Gold digger (category Stereotypes of women)
    public figures have been perceived as exemplars of the gold digger stereotype by the public. The best-known gold digger of the early 20th century was Peggy...
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    recognition of Ricci's heroic virtues, thereby bestowing upon him the honorific of Venerable. Ricci arrived at the Portuguese settlement of Macau in 1582...
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    Altruism (redirect from The problem of love)
    for ourselves is the exemplar of love for others. Considering that "the love with which a man loves himself is the form and root of friendship" he quotes...
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    the historical novel genre as an exemplar of European Romanticism. He became a baronet of Abbotsford in the County of Roxburgh, Scotland, on 22 April 1820;...
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    great exemplar of republicanism. He set many precedents for the national government and the presidency in particular, and he was called the "Father of His...
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  • Look to the Reagan administration as the exemplar of all these virtues and seek to establish their version of Reagan's legacy as the Republican and national...
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    homily she is an exemplar of pious chastity for cloistered nuns. In both cases, her narrative gained relevance from the Viking invasions of the period. Within...
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  • Judith (poem) (category Cultural depictions of Judith)
    describes the beheading of Assyrian general Holofernes by Israelite Judith of Bethulia. It is found in the same manuscript as the heroic poem Beowulf, the Nowell...
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    Taira no Kiyomori (category People of Heian-period Japan)
    artists as an exemplar of guilt and retribution, see the accompanying print by Yoshitoshi. The famous print generally known as The Vision of Kiyomori by...
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  • in New Haven." The Order effused a sense that as Catholic gentlemen and Knights of Columbus they should be regarded as exemplars of virtue, not aberrations...
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    political and cultural legacy of the sultanate has endured for centuries, where Malacca has been held up as an exemplar of Malay-Muslim civilisation to...
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