When the health service managers were asked how they recognised performance of health care workers in the districts, they all indicated issuing certificates, end-of-year parties, material gifts and words of praise.
It is never likely to bring forth a cascade of praise or gifts.
Hard-work and dedication, these are choices, and these choices are much more worthy of praise than the gift of intelligence is.
The worshipper turns to the gods with his gifts (e.g., sacrifices, prayers, words of praise and adoration, and petitions), and the gods receive these and bestow the gifts on which human life depends.
In the video ad, which ran on YouTube and Mulberry's website, three "wise" men are seen turning up unexpectedly to praise the gift of a Mulberry bag a woman has just opened.
Faint opens the service with a clownish poem, praising the gift of laughter.
Praise among most of the ancient peoples was expressed in the hymn, which was primarily a prayer of praise (whether ritual or personal) for the gift of the created world.
The health service managers proposed a number of ways that may be used to recognise performance of health care workers, such as issuing certificates of achievement, offering gifts for outstanding performance, end-of-year parties and words of praise.
Mr. Ivanishvili then released a statement saying he had been quoted out of context and meant to praise the "special gift of the Armenians and the Jews to be citizens of the world and succeed everywhere they live".
President Obama has gotten plenty of praise — and also some criticism — for his rhetorical gifts.
