Finally, it brought together and illuminated the lives of two authentic American heroes.

Should we regard Mr. North as an authentic "national hero"?

"I shall look into his eyes and think: this man is a hero, an authentic hero."

For now, he is racing bikes, and his image as an authentic American hero keeps expanding.

He is one of the few authentic heroes of our time.

Sakharov is surely an authentic hero of our times.

Still, he stands by his description of Mr. Kerry as an "authentic hero."

Norman Grant was an authentic hero and the theme isn't exhausted by any means.

France was shocked that one of its authentic heroes could be so greedy.

Jeane Kirkpatrick toasted him as "one of the few authentic heroes of our time."