It may be worth recalling that many British Muslim communities originate from, and still identify with, deeply conservative places in south Asia (rural Kashmir or Bangladesh, for example) where loyalty to established authority is a widely acknowledged virtue.
Of course an understated cashmere coat also possessed the practical, if rarely acknowledged, virtue of camouflaging an outfit that might have been all too hastily assembled in the mad rush of a Fashion Week.
The conservatives I spoke to over the past few days, on the other hand, carefully limited the scope of their tributes, even as they acknowledged the virtue of certain liberal values.
He has also sent apologetic e-mail messages to colleagues over the last few weeks, acknowledging, "By virtue of being a senior author, I have lent considerable credibility to this work".
But by the time we see the cinematic, romanticized faces of Cleopatra from films and paintings in the final gallery of the new exhibition "Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt," opening Saturday at the Franklin Institute here, we are prepared to acknowledge the virtue of at least some idealization.
A conservative white paper on the ACA just issued by the American Enterprise Institute acknowledges the virtue of imposing some "cost discipline" on employer plans, but suggests doing so by capping the tax exemption for employees at a given level of premium.
His great virtue, acknowledged even by republicans, is to have forced a transformation to democracy.
His great virtue, acknowledged even by republicans, is to have helped to foster a peaceful transition to democracy.
But, as Mr. Mandelbaum acknowledged, there's virtue in "coming back at night knowing that the hotel room is safe, that the bathroom works and the Wi-Fi is available".
Throughout the interviews GPs acknowledged that by virtue of their gate keeping role, everyday decisions about sickness certification have potentially far-reaching consequences that affected not only the patient but also families, employers and ultimately society.
"Once it was tarred and feathered, nobody would acknowledge its virtues".
