91.   Italy lost the final of the European Championship last month, and its coach, the national hero, Dino Zoff, resigned after his strategy was publicly criticized.

92.   Its Dutch coach, Guus Hiddink, became a national hero and a corporate icon.

93.   Jones, you must remember, was a national hero, and this would be an upset of epic proportions.

94.   Karzai used the occasion to make Massood a national hero.

95.   Just four years later, he became a national hero with his Davis Cup play, lifting Brazil to its first World Group semifinal.

96.   Just the opposite, Elian would likely return to Cuba as a national hero.

97.   Kenji Ogiwara, the former world champion who was once considered a likely national hero at these Winter Olympics, is no longer an irresistible force.

98.   Little doubt he ought to be in place as a national hero.

99.   Los Angeles County prosecutors knew that putting a national hero on trial for his life might alienate the public and the jury that is drawn from it.

100.   Michelle Smith of Ireland went abroad for college, for training and for love, and now finds herself a national hero.