Philip Ballinger, director of admissions at the University of Washington, stood and praised the panel for prompting a broader sort of introspection: "It's not often colleges have these opportunities for self-reflection," Mr. Ballinger said.
The manager, his position apparently under serious scrutiny and the owner Gino Pozzo up in the stands, still praised their response from the early concession and pointed to his team's excellent campaign, as if reminding the hierarchy of all that has been achieved.
(The initials stand for "Praise the Lord").
Mr. Bush is making a heavy push for conservatives in his advertisements and telephone banking, including using calls by Representative Henry J. Hyde, an Illinois Republican known for his anti-abortion stand, who praises Mr. Bush's "strong pro-life record in Texas".
Once they stand calmly, praise them.
And, as could be expected, at the lectern stood Mayor Vincent C. Gray, praising the city's growing entrepreneurial spirit as though nothing were amiss.
At the other extreme stands Zuhayr, praising the chiefs of the rival tribes of ʿAbs and Dhubyān for ending a long feud.
A woman stands and praises Woody lavishly for all his many contributions, then says, "Oh, I am going on too long!" "No, no," he says.
When Warren Beatty won the best director Oscar for REDS (1981), none other than Orson Welles stood onstage and praised him.
A government official in a neat suit stood up, and praised the novelists as modern-day Murasakis for their innovative use of 3G cell phones.
