An acquaintance wrote, "[H]e bore the universal attack with admirable good nature and sang froid... To all appearances, equally secure in his own views and indifferent to public odium, he passed from reverse to reverse with perfectly bland manner and unwearying courtesy".
It's an admirable response to the changing nature of poverty at a time when the government is redefining it so to be poor no longer means to lack money.
SIR: "The global hand" (Apr. 21) did an admirable job describing the recurrent nature of income inequality caused by capital chasing cheap labor around the globe.
(Newton 1962, 341) and Huygens: "[It is] accepted by almost all modern philosophers that it is only the figure and motion of the corpuscles of which all things are composed that produces all the admirable effects we see in nature" (Huygens to Paul Pellisson, August 15 , 1679 Huygens 1888, 8 198).
By the Sea's uncompromising nature is its most admirable asset.
Those said to have purple auras can be sensitive, mysterious, philosophical, intuitive, knowledgeable, admirable, and in tune with animals and nature.
There's also a nice review over at languagehat:He [R.L.G.] has the journalist's knack for the pithy and memorable line, combined with an admirable respect for the messy and endlessly disputed nature of the human world.
The American science writer Martin Gardner's review in Nature called Bare-faced Messiah an "admirable, meticulously documented biography".
While the comprehensive nature of this tool is certainly admirable, the level of technical and clinical aptitude needed to store data, in addition to the relatively high cost, likely may make this novel application prohibitive to a population which is largely on the margin with regards to socioeconomic status and e-literacy.
Her courage and openness about her sexuality were real and admirable, not least because it warred with her intensely private nature.
