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Teen Ink Magazine,
October 2005 :
Heroes Articles
Brother Dustin L.
by Lacy L., Manila, UT
Almost everyone has dreams, but for most they are never fulfilled. This is not true for my brother, Dustin. We are six years apart, and as I was growing up, I would try to be just like him, hoping that someday I could be half as cool.
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Friends - The Gang
by Marissa D., Gibsonia, PA
Every day is worthwhile when spent with them. They are unique, honorable, laid back, creative, respectful, enthusiastic, courageous, loyal, dramatic and thoughtful. I have the kind of heroes who save me from myself.
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Grandmother Veronica “Twinx” D.
by Sumantro D., New City, NY
Throughout history, women have faced an uphill struggle for social and political equality. In the case of my grandmother, Veronica Das, her struggles included adjusting to a very different culture and continuing after her husband’s death.
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Ivan Allen, Jr.
by Allie C., Brooklyn, NY
In 1956, when John F. Kennedy wroteProfiles in Courage, he asserted that elected officials have anobligation to “lead, inform, correct and sometimes even ignoreconstituent opinion” if doing so serves the nation’s bestinterest (Kennedy, 15).
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Paul V. Gallegos: Courage Under Pressure
by Kevin Z., Danville, CA
In Humboldt County, California, thePacific Lumber Company puts bread on the table for most of thearea’s residents.
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