In a conversation in October 2011 with Mr. Storm and a Danish intelligence officer, which Mr. Storm recorded on his cellphone and which the Danish newspaper posted online, the purported C.I.A. officer known as Michael praised Mr. Storm's efforts and even said that President Obama had been briefed on his efforts against Mr. Awlaki.
Writing in The New York Times, Thomas Friedman praised Gathering Storm as "the new New Deal urgently called for by our times".
The new forms of assistance have been praised in storm-damaged communities but have also provoked some criticism in Washington, where the debate on cutting the deficit continues.
A statement published by student leaders praised the storming of the building housing Conservative party headquarters by a fringe group of protesters on Wednesday.
Now, in his pressed Polo shirts and hair that looks as if he just walked out of Supercuts, Mr. Maddox has emerged as an efficient, earnest, unwavering hero of the storm, praised by federal officials and tornado victims alike.
Gerard A. Colletti, an operations manager sitting in an office that looked out over the roiling Mississippi River and the storm, praised the performance of pumps at 17th Street and the city's other drainage canals, including new pumps serving West Bank communities.
On Sunday, he stood inside an evacuation center in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, where he had spent the night waiting out the storm, and praised the mayor.
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason is among the artists who have praised album artwork designer Storm Thorgerson, who has died aged 69.
Occupy Sandy, as the effort came to be known, became one of the most widely praised groups working on the storm recovery.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, for instance, posted his strongest approval marks in two years in results released Tuesday by Quinnipiac, and voters overwhelmingly praised his handling of the storm.
