Yet Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, who died on Monday at the age of 92, wouldn't have been any less beloved or eminent if he had stepped aside after falling ill.
Still, I don't see why this should be any less beloved than Simpson-Bowles, widely embraced by conservatives (though, truth be told, once they learn what's actually in SB, they usually love it less).
In his own time, Vermeer was far less beloved than he is today.
Her love of hats even played a role in her relationship with one of her less beloved political associates.
The same can be said for another unofficial but no less beloved institution, the Dance Skaters who have been congregating just south of the Bethesda Fountain since 1977.
ROME — As Prime Minister Mario Monti prepares to exit the stage, he has burnished Italy's image — and his own — abroad, but he is less beloved at home.
JPMorgan might have learned from the hamburger joint's cautionary tale; an institution that fails to provide anything tangible, like delicious French fries, is bound to be even less beloved than a fast-food chain.
It includes a taste of Chagall at his best, as well as a smattering of Modiglianis and Soutines and a generous serving of influential if less beloved artists like Jean Metzinger, Jacques Lipchitz and Albert Gleizes.
The city's two baseball shrines legendary Yankee Stadium, and the less beloved Shea Stadium will host their final games, to be replaced by newer, more fashionable places.Commerce, not tradition, has always driven baseball.
Nicolas Sarkozy — "President Bling-Bling," of the center-right — ushered in the recession and cracked down on minorities and immigrants, and so gave way to Hollande, who is even less beloved; he has become the least popular President in the history of the Fifth Republic.
Had Hope been less beloved, it would be easier to understand the difficulties that Representative Eliot Engel (D-Bronx, Westchester, Rockland) encountered when, in response to a request in 2005 from Norman Liss, a constituent and the chairman of the Ellis Island Restoration Commission, he sponsored legislation to have the research library named for Hope.
