Such is their manner of praising the one and censuring the other.
Not a high-octane public historian in the manner of David Starkey (whom he praises) or Simon Schama (whose TV books he has disparaged as "more showy than informative" with a "fatal taste for the insubstantialities of cliché"), Worden has none the less become a trusted expert on 17th-century England in newspapers and on the airwaves.
And his manner of teaching was to constantly praise them for what they were doing right.
And as we walked back through the hotel together, it was interesting to note the number of American guests who came up to Froch to congratulate him on being the winner and also to praise the manner of his performance.
Parliamentarians thronging the corridors, who relish calling each other "wicked rascals" and worse, praised the manner of their new leader's ascent.
Writers praised the manner of Europe's celebrations in what Newsday called "a remarkably sanguine Cup, compared to the bitter experience at Brookline in 1999", although the Washington Post claimed that Paul McGinley reacted to his winning putt "like a penguin in a great hurry to cross an ice floe".
Jayant Yadav, meanwhile, batted in the manner of Ashwin, which is now high praise.
Romanian Gypsy bands Taraf de Haidouks and Fanfare Ciocarlia have lit up the world's greatest theatres and attracted voluble praise from all manner of critics.
Without endorsing anybody, Smith praised the comfortable manner of Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, as well as the appeal of Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, who is running for the Democratic nomination.
His novel Les particules élementaires, published in this country two years ago as Atomised, was praised by all manner of sober critics and his British publishers have the highest hopes for Platform (Plateforme, 1999).
The Steelers got their share of praise for doing the steamrolling, with Alex Marvez writing on Foxsports.com that quarterback Ben Roethlisberger proved he could handle all manner of pressure.
