And Buckle Down Ben is trained by the Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas, who has won the Belmont four times, including last year with the 18-1 Commendable.
Similar sentiments were echoed by Josh Jackson of Paste, who gave the episode an 8.8 out of 10 a "commendable" rating.
The engagement and commitment of Global Access to Vaccines Initiative (GAVI) to facilitate future EVD vaccine access in affected countries [ 13, 14] is commendable.
And D. Wayne Lukas, who has won the Derby four times, selected three positions near the outside: No. 13 for Commendable, No. 17 for Exchange Rate and No. 18 for High Yield, winner of the Fountain of Youth Stakes and the Blue Grass and the third choice for the Derby at 5-1.
But there were enough golden moments to augment snatches of drama and controversy to make Nadal's 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 victory a commendable one, if not quite the wondrous spectacle the women's final provided 24 hours earlier.
Ann Turner's attempt to render Sojourner Truth's life in her own words in "My Name Is Truth: The Life of Sojourner Truth" (HarperCollins: 40 pp., $17.99, ages 6-8) is commendable.
Friday and Saturday at 7 30 p.m., Sunday at 4 and 6 30 p.m., Schermerhorn Theater, 160 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, (800) 838-3006, brownpapertickets.com; $20. (Sulcas) Vilcek Foundation Project (Thursday; through Nov. 18) The commendable mission of the Vilcek Foundation is to honor foreign-born artists and scholars in the United States.
In the past 12 months even the laggard of this bunch, Delaware U.S. Growth, had a lofty 21% total return and beat the S&P 500 by a commendable 6.9 percentage points.
At the draw yesterday, the rail was won by the Red Bullet, winner of the Preakness; No. 2 by Commendable, winner of the Belmont; No. 3 by More Than Ready, fourth in the Kentucky Derby, and the outside by Albert the Great, the swift rookie opening the second half of the season with the aim of overtaking the veterans of the Triple Crown.
South Africa, who on the previous afternoon had set out in pursuit of 416 with commendable up-and-at-'em vigour, had been bowled out for 174, leaving England winners by 241 runs, a massive margin.
The 21-year-old bounced back from his second-round 80 with commendable courage to finish 69-68 tietie for fourth.
