"John Reed was one of my minor heroes because he never used to take huge salaries," Mr. Crystal said.

On the contrary, I was a minor hero at Salomon for dumping a sixty-thousand-dollar loss into someone else's pocket.

Upon his release back to general population, Jimmie is received as a minor hero.

Naylor's battle against the establishment made him a minor hero among the working classes.

His success as a fighter pilot over the North Sea had made him a minor national hero.

Now he was just another minor hero, home from the wars, no more important than a thousand others.

Yet the fired teacher, Mildred Rosario, has become a minor hero to some.

At Shiloh he became a minor hero, rallying his troops by charging between the Union and Confederate lines.

Few of us ever have the chance of becoming even minor heroes.

The find vindicates Honey's theory and makes him a minor hero in aviation circles-to which he is indifferent.