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To help fight the real danger of land mines planted all over Kosovo, the U.S. has flown in a fictitious Based upon a fabrication or pretense.

A fictitious name is an assumed name that differs from an individual's actual name. A fictitious action is a lawsuit brought not for the adjudication of an actual controversy between the parties but merely for the purpose of
 hero: DC Comics' Superman Superman

invincible scourge of crime. [Comics: Horn, 642–643]

See : Crime Fighting


Superman

superhero under guise of Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter.
. The aging caped crusader appears in a United Nations-sponsored comic book comic book

Bound collection of comic strips, usually in chronological sequence, typically telling a single story or a series of different stories. The first true comic books were marketed in 1933 as giveaway advertising premiums.
 (written in Albanian) offering advice to young people, who represent 70 percent of those killed and maimed maim  
tr.v. maimed, maim·ing, maims
1. To disable or disfigure, usually by depriving of the use of a limb or other part of the body. See Synonyms at batter1.

2.
 by mines since the end of the war last June. But some critics of U.S. policy find America's Man of Steel an ironic choice to play safety instructor. Although 120 nations agreed to a treaty banning land mines in 1997, the U.S. still refuses to sign.
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Title Annotation:comic book character used to give advice to Kosovars about land mines
Publication:New York Times Upfront
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Sep 20, 1999
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