Or perhaps the reason Kristof reserves this note of praise for Mao is because Mao only brutalized his own countrymen?
Before Shateri's funeral, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country's Supreme Leader, released a note of praise: "In the end, he drank the sweet syrup of martyrdom".
After the charges were read, Mr. Slavin, who wore a gray suit and a necktie depicting an American flag, gave his lawyer a note of praise.
But our eyes may be more jaded than they were 25 years ago, when "Barry Lyndon" was released to bafflement, exasperation and only an occasional note of praise.
Nor you, ye Proud, impute to these the fault If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Anyone who can survive the vicissitudes of show business, let alone Broadway, not to mention the changing face of Times Square, by keeping up the standards in a moodily lit joint with a welcoming, down-to-earth air, is worth a note of praise.
Consider a note of gratitude, a note of praise, an exclamation of hope, a whisper of encouragement.
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Andrew rushes to their room only to find Margaret has already left, leaving the aforementioned book manuscript with a note of praise and a promise to publish it.
A self-professed "wine geek," Kutch was perusing chat rooms when he sent Michael Browne -- a California Pinot rockstar -- a note of praise.
