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  • 1hero — Synonyms and related words: Achilles, David, Hector, Roland, Samson, a man, acme, actor, antagonist, antihero, apotheosis, beau ideal, best type, big name, bit, bit part, brave, bulldog, cast, celebrity, champ, champion, character, chutzpanik,… …

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  • 2popular — adj. 1 liked or admired by many people or by a specified group (popular teachers; a popular hero). 2 a of or carried on by the general public (popular meetings). b prevalent among the general public (popular discontent). 3 adapted to the… …

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  • 3Hero System — 6th Edition Generic Cover Designer(s) Steven S. Long Publisher(s) Hero Games Publication date 1989 2002 (5th ed.) 2009 (6th ed.) …

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  • 4Hero Games — (DOJ, Inc dba Hero Games) is the publisher of the Hero System, a generic roleplaying rules set that can be used to simulate many different genres, and was the co developer of the Fuzion system. Contents 1 History 2 Current Publications 2.1 Role… …

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  • 5Hero of Ukraine — Ukrainian Order of the State (left) and Order of the Gold Star …

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  • 6Hero and Leander — is a Greek myth, relating the story of Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite who dwelt in a tower in Sestos, at the edge of the Hellespont, and Leander (Leandros, or Λέανδρος), a young man from Abydos on the other side of the strait. Leander fell in… …

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  • 7Popular Publications — was one of the largest publishers of pulp magazines during its existence, at one point publishing 42 different titles per month. Company titles included detective, adventure, romance, and Western fiction. They were also known for the several… …

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  • 8Popular culture studies — is the academic discipline studying popular culture. It is generally considered as a combination of communication studies and cultural studies. Following the social upheavals of the 1960s, popular culture has come to be taken more seriously as a… …

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  • 9Hero und Leander — Hero und Leander, berühmtes Liebespaar des Altertums, in Deutschland besonders durch Schillers gleichnamige Ballade populär geworden. An dem Feste der Aphrodite zu Sestos am Hellespont waren Hero, die Priesterin der Göttin, und Leander, aus dem… …

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  • 10hero — [n] submarine sandwich grinder, hoagie, sub*, submarine*, torpedo; concepts 457,460 hero / heroine [n] brave person; champion ace, adventurer, celebrity, combatant, conqueror, daredevil, demigod, diva, exemplar, gallant, god, goddess, great… …

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