Word: laud
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Publishers, not surprisingly, laud the award as prestigious and important because of the attention it brings, although some critics argue that larger publishers have an advantage because of their proximity to the National Book Foundation (headquartered, like nearly every publisher mentioned here, in New York City) and their financial ability to pay the contest's entry fees. In addition to the fee, publishers must agree to contribute $1,000 to a promotion campaign if the book becomes a finalist, purchase medallions to affix to finalist and winning books, and get authors to agree to participate in the foundation's website...
...smaller scale, I believe the Harvard Art Museum’s current configuration may more effectively realize its didactic mission than the previous one,” he says. And though he and his fellow HAA concentrators will have graduated before the Fogg re-opens, many of them laud the facilities and resources that the new museum will house.“They’re going to offer so many good and beneficial changes for the students,” Blackstock says of the plans, citing the study rooms and the café that have been proposed by Piano...
...Betrand Dicale of the conservative daily Le Figaro - whose pages generally laud Sarkozy and his rightist government - urged readers to ignore all the non-musical discussion surrounding Bruni and her CD while declaring it "a perfect success." Dicale praised the quality of Bruni's "dense and fragile voice," the same voice that disapproving critics have faulted as hoarse and weak. That was more or less how the leftist weekly Nouvel Observateur characterized the entire CD, saying it inspired "vague boredom" in listeners with songs about, "love stories that aren't our business." "Where does this irrepressibly banal sentiment come from...
...former First Lady who always seemed too vivid and spiky for a supporting role. Her fans laud her for refusing to subsume her identity to her husband's political ambitions. Her critics - and there have been many - accuse her of endangering the electoral chances of the left-leaning party she's championed all her life. Nope, not Hillary Clinton. The target of these barbs is Clinton's one-time counterpart from across the Atlantic, Cherie Blair: wife of Tony, mother of four, human rights lawyer, and, it now emerges, astonishingly frank autobiographer. Her book, Speaking for Myself, appears...
Rockefeller’s gift is indication of the University’s current emphasis and attention given to international pursuits, and while we laud this effort, we hope that the administration also looks to increase resources and opportunities for domestic programs. International experience can be transformative and intellectually stimulating, but Harvard students stand to gain a lot from our nearer surroundings as well. There tends to be a greater emphasis on funding and opportunities for international study, which of course requires more expensive airfare and logistical support, but the University could do more to support local study as well...