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Heroes for today

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People can enhance the lives of their fellows through acts of kindness and compassion. For example, a nurse successfully revived a two-year-old girl who had frozen outside her home. Meanwhile, a hotel doorman cheerfully offers his services to all who pass by or enter the hotel.

Publisher: Reader's Digest Magazines Ltd.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest (Canadian)
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0413
Year: 1995
Personal narratives, Kindness

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Quiet heroes

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Red Cross members have dedicated their lives in rendering humanitarian services to those who need them most. These volunteers help provide relief goods to natural disaster victims, offer medical services to the ill and conduct counselling sessions to grief-stricken families.

Author: Dole, Elizaberth Hanford
Publisher: The American Legion
Publication Name: The American Legion
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0886-1234
Year: 1997
Services, Dole, Elizabeth H., Authorship, Volunteers, International Committee of the Red Cross

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Prime-time heroes

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An Afro-American man raised in a middle class family describes his development of race consciousness. Television can provide role models for children, but a parent's encouragement is more powerful.

Author: Copage, Eric V.
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1992
Analysis, Column, African Americans, Black identity, African Americans in television

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