Cain seemed upset that his offerings were less appreciated than those of Abel, but Cain's anger even puzzled God.
"It feels like we're less appreciated," said Mr. Marte, who works for a company that manufactures minibars.
Known primarily as an innovative art director, graphics designer and collaborator with Diane Arbus and Richard Avedon, Marvin Israel (1924-84) has been less appreciated for his painterly talents.
But what is less appreciated is that while the threat to the homeland is diminished, the demise of "Al Qaeda central" is coinciding with a resurgence of radical extremist Sunni political activism.
What has been less appreciated about Vatican II, though it is as significant as the halting steps on governance, is that it took account of the world outside the church.
For example, it is usually wise to tip a doorman and a superintendent the same amount, so that one doesn't think he is less appreciated than the other.
Over in the casinos, where gamblers are swallowed up in the flashing lights and incessant ding-ding-ding of the slot machines, the prudent ways of the Chinese retirees may be less appreciated.
Though much-admired classics now, the '58 models were less appreciated when new, caught short by a styling coup at Chrysler, which was capitalizing on the bold tailfins of its Forward Look cars.
His martial valour (and patrician snobbery) are less appreciated in the battlefield of politics, when he runs for consul at the urging of his mother, Volumnia (splendidly played, with steely ambition couched in soft tones, by Vanessa Redgrave in a military greatcoat).
