21.   Because of the film, Smith has become a local hero.

22.   Both his perseverance and his ability to guide his parishioners through crises from drug wars to homelessness in the neighborhoods have made him a local hero among other priests.

23.   A local hero, Phillips is a good candidate to start despite his conviction in early December for an unheroic assault against his former girlfriend.

24.   After his ride, Revere was a local hero.

25.   All in all, it was not a good day for local heroes at Veterans Stadium.

26.   Albert was a local hero, too, and a major talent, although a little soft on Patrick Ewing for my taste.

27.   Aleksander Skrzypinski misses the days when local hero Lech Walesa was president and European dignitaries were eager to visit his home town, Gdansk.

28.   Borrowing a touch begun by President Ronald Reagan, the Democrats used local heroes to introduce Clinton along his route.

29.   But a dozen years later Gore is back, confident, and favored to defeat local hero Bill Bradley in the New York primary.

30.   But in Yazd, he is a local hero.