Has it ever been acceptable to regard a big city as admirable through and through?
There are two troubles with a new Big Idea, however admirable.
We live in a dumbed-down culture, and Mr. Ahriman's dedication to Big Ideas is admirable.
"As they were planning the Harlem store, they made a big and very admirable effort to get to know the community on all levels," said Thelma Golden, director of the studio museum.
It has brought a comfortable penthouse on West End Avenue (" 'The Civil War' -- my first big check"), with an admirable, book-lined workroom, four Emmys by the desk, and a wrap-around terrace where Diane, his wife of 17 years and also a writer, grows herbs.
But making Clarkson's handling of her big day even more admirable is how her family handled it.
Mike Golic, a former pro football player who admitted to taking steroids, believes what Jeter did is no big deal, and even admirable.
The lack of interference by their non big-name DJs is admirable – one day I heard the full 10-minute version of Layla complete with lengthy fade out, you'd never get that on a BBC station.
The big moments were all technically admirable, but this was a Giselle who was living up to her own press notices rather than to the role's drama.
Eric Barry, as Caliban, was admirable in the big showpiece, "Be Not Afear'd," but otherwise was overshadowed by the bug-eyed antics of Trinculo (Rasdia Wilmot) and Stephano (Julian Whitley).
The governor's call for big investment in early education is admirable, and so might be his urging more help for low-income college students.
