Word: acclaim
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...that the states could use for welfare purposes as they saw fit with a few provisos: for example, half of all single parents receiving welfare had to work at least 30 hours per week. Conveniently enacted in a buoyant economy, the bill has so far met with near-universal acclaim and welfare rolls have shrunk by 60 percent since it went into effect...
Riding singer-songwriter James Walsh’s tremulous vocals, Starsailor has won acclaim in England as the “next Radiohead” and has even attracted premature comparisons to everybody’s favorite four-man British boy band, the Beatles. To be sure, the group’s sound is deeply rooted in rock-and-roll history. Named after folk-star Tim Buckley’s 1970 album Starsailor, the Manchester foursome bear the noticeable influence of Buckley’s better known contemporaries Bob Dylan, Van Morrison and Nick Drake. Their sound also owes something...
...Jennings was not won over by the acclaim. He skipped awards shows on the grounds that musicians should not be in competition and did not attend his induction to the Country Music Hall of Fame last year. He kept on making music, however, recording and touring with Nelson, Cash and Kris Kristofferson as the Highwaymen in the mid-80's, putting out more albums with ornery titles - 1992's "Too Dumb for New York, Too Ugly for L.A.," for one - and even playing a few dates on the 1996 Lollapalooza tour headlined by Metallica...
When the tiny Yugoslav republic of Montenegro (pop. 650,000) adopted the euro last month - replacing its official currency, the deutsche mark - the move was greeted in the capital Podgorica with near universal acclaim. With its sultry Adriatic breezes, cyprus-lined boulevards and busy sidewalk caf?s, the city already feels more a part of southern Europe than the benighted region known as the Balkans. And Montenegrins regard the euro as an important step toward further integration with the more prosperous countries of Western Europe. That goal, in fact, is the one thing everyone can agree on. Where Montenegrins differ, heatedly...
...child actress in Broadway productions such as The Innocents and Annie. Since then she has built a successful film and television career, starring in movies like “Miami Rhapsody” and “State and Main.” She has recently garnered critical acclaim for her portrayal of “Carrie Bradshaw” on the hit television show “Sex and the City,” winning three “Best Actress” Golden Globes...