But at a cost: the tone subtly undermines Handel's deservedly great place in music history.
The map occupies a deservedly prominent place in Edward R. Tufte's 1983 masterpiece "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information," but it was not in itself decisive.
They convey an inchoate, often erotic lyricism as erudite as it is irrational, and while sometimes succumbing to self-indulgence and sentimentality, they have earned Mr. Twombly a deservedly prominent place in the history of postwar painting.
The gays, he said, have achieved the highest possible "degree of alienation"; in this world "where badges are judged wounds, wounds badges, homosexuals have a deservedly high place," earning a widespread "kind of jealousy of this elite state".
Deservedly so, at that, with a showing which placed Dundee United and their 28,000 supporters firmly into the Celtic Park shade.
Elsad Zverotic gave Montenegro hope with a goal with the last kick of the first half - and when Rooney was deservedly shown red by referee Wolfgang Stark, England were placed under pressure they could not survive.
And in a gesture that is deservedly famous, he walked across the infield to Robinson, placed a hand on his shoulder in a very public display of friendship, and offered him a few words of encouragement.
Paul Ince was bloodied but unbowed in a midfield that saw Paul Gascoigne run the show and England deservedly book their place at France 98. Less than 18 months later Hoddle had left his post but that evening it seemed certain he would be the man to guide England into the 21st century.
They are in first place, deservedly, and they continue to get stronger.
Ben Birnberg has already secured his place deservedly in the "legal hall of fame" and I doubt that anyway is of much concern to him.
