He was a beautiful mover for our generation, though, and it fostered an appreciation of men who could move.
As they take the field now, some trim and some paunchy, they smile -- not with the gloat of fresh victory but with the appreciation of men whose second halves were set up so well by their first.
Applause rang round the Ageas Bowl as men, women and children rose to their feet, their appreciation of a man doing his best in difficult circumstances without complaint plain for all to see.
It was an appreciation of a man who transformed a previously unremarkable club in an extraordinary two decades.
In 1998 our reviewer, Andrew Sarris, called this "a perceptive and profound appreciation" of "the man, the artist, the showman, the self-promoter... and the successful businessman".
Most people there will have no belief in God but will feel glad to be part of a shared appreciation of a man whose god was rock'n'roll.
As Messi ran to his team-mate to thank him for the pass, the Uruguayan's name rang around the stadium with Barca fans showing their appreciation of the man who had made the goal rather than the scorer.
I also want people to have an appreciation of the man," Mambo described his aim in portraying Fela on the stage.
The debunking, however, though severe, is good-humored, and the final effect of Conot's well-researched, enjoyable book is less to shatter the 'Edison myth' than to give us a critical appreciation of the man".
Ms. Tober's appreciation of the man-made world might obscure her deep affection for the natural world, honed in part by the portion of her childhood spent on a farm near the Delaware Water Gap.
