That is good, if less than thunderous, in its commendation of the idea that governments exist to serve the will of the people.
In a commendation of Wayne issued on December 4, 1794, the U.S. House of Representatives specifically thanked Scott and his men for their service at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
In any event, there's a sense — a social sense — in which Miss O'Connor's "You're liable to find most anything" could be cited in defense or commendation of whatever Episcopalians are.
IN THE aftermath of heated presidential, congressional and local elections on May 10th, the Philippines basked in the glow of international commendation of its use of computer technology to produce, for the first time, seemingly indisputable results.
And, although the Independent prize doesn't have an official runner-up, we chose in 2012 to make a special commendation of Chinese novelist Yan Lianke for Dream of Ding Village.
In this vein there was much commendation of individual "super-foods", for example broccoli, capsicums and avocados, which were portrayed as the magic bullets of weight loss.
He adapted and invented new technology for fighting fires in high rise buildings that received the commendation of then Mayor John Lindsay.
But what was a failure on those criteria seems to have been another commendation of his "authenticity" to many in the crowd.
Both the Zhuangzi's and Daodejing's commendation of wuwei is a case in point.
He believed in keeping up morale with copious medals and commendations (his commendation of Charlie Company, after its infamous torching and massacre of the village of My Lai, being an unfortunate mistake).
It used to bother him when people said they believed in him; it seemed condescending and a comment on his liabilities rather than a commendation of his assets.
