One factor in his favor was his service last year as a frontline soldier in Afghanistan, where he won strong commendations from his superior officers.
Saving of time superiority in work and healthfulness, are three strong commendations.
The board of the foundation, which includes new appointee Jay Naidoo (a Daily Maverick contributor), issued an even stronger commendation: "Archbishop Desmond Tutu is and has throughout his life been one of Africa's great voices for justice, freedom, democracy and responsible, responsive government.
But the medical commendation of plant eating retained a strong theological dimension, as when Cheyne wrote, "The infinitely wise Author of Nature has so contrived Things, that the most remarkable Rules of preserving Life and Health are moral Duties commanded us".
This is a resounding commendation of what we've been doing".
From the 1770s to the 1790s several Italian companies attracted fashionable audiences and the commendation of Samuel Johnson.
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).
Both the Zhuangzi's and Daodejing's commendation of wuwei is a case in point.
Dear Sir: We thank Cohen and others 1 for their commendation of the article by Moore and others 2 on pneumococcal serotype distribution in Laos.
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.
There is no indication, however, that work-related stress led to Officer Morelli's death; he had not been involved in any shootings during nearly 12 years on the force, and he had compiled a strong record of commendations from the community.
