Word: praiseed
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A legend among prisoners in the Gulag, Kaminskaya was said to have the eloquence to move the most stonyhearted judge to render a merciful decision. Her scrupulous and exhaustive presentations earned praise even from Communist Party-controlled jurists at the top of her profession. In an official 1959 book entitled...
Of all the problems that beset the nation's educational system, one of the most intractable has been the plight of the inner-city high school. Crippled by crime, underfunding and racial strife, the schools have been unable to motivate students who play hooky and mark time. Academic performance...
Rockwell seems truly to empathize with the underdog and the outsider, especially in his discussions of Palmeri and the seminal Black jazz-funk alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman. Throughout the book, he stresses the importance of alienation in the creation and development of art and the plight of those who go...
But Calkins, a Cleveland tax lawyer, knows perfectly well that $20 bills speak louder than 20-page memos. The Undergraduate Council deserves high praise for lending its weight to the escrow drive with publicity and money for legal costs. We hope it keeps the fund growing during class gift efforts...
Off-camera, Donaldson titillates and embarrasses the press corps by shouting out, often within earshot of public figures, the sort of tasteless jokes that other reporters only murmur. Says a former ABC colleague: "People often find him boorish and obnoxious." Admits Donaldson: "I cause myself a lot of trouble with...