But Ghana, hailed until recently for its strong economic growth, is now struggling, which led to demonstrations in the capital Accra last month over government corruption and the depreciating worth of the cedi, which has lost as much as 40% of its value against the dollar.
Hailed until recently as a beacon of free press in Asia, South Korea is now facing what broadcast journalists complain is the worst media climate since the country's democratization in the 1980s.
(These cars would still be barred from accepting street hails until they received approval from the taxi commission).
"Hailing fatherhood, until very recently, was just a gleam in someone's eye," said Ms. Wallerstein, author of "The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce" (Hyperion, 2001).
Twenty-one of the Rough Riders recruited by Theodore Roosevelt hailed from Las Vegas, and, until 1969, the city hosted an annual reunion for the " 'Teddy Roosevelt Rough Riderss to the last man".
It was once extremely popular and was a favorite of Hitler, who was fascinated by its title character, the 14th-century Roman leader who was repeatedly and vociferously hailed by the people until they turn against him.
PAGE A28 Winner in Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe, who was hailed as a hero until he turned to authoritarianism and violence to keep power, was declared the winner of a presidential election marred by political violence and other irregularities.
The impending failure had been clear to Fitzgerald by the time he finished Gatsby – and the fact that in 1925 most Americans were still recklessly chasing the dream had a great deal to do with the initial commercial and critical failure of The Great Gatsby, which would not be hailed as a masterpiece until the 50s, once hindsight had revealed its prophetic truth.
And because so many of them do try, somebody is bound to be correct, and then that person is hailed as a genius until the next thing comes along and then they're back to being fools like the rest of us.
President Robert Mugabe, the aging African leader who was hailed as a hero until he turned to authoritarianism and violence to strengthen his weakening grip on power, was declared the winner today of a presidential election marred by political violence and other irregularities.
But, until then, everyone hailed Goodwin as a financial genius.
