Word: complimented
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...heroic status. In 2006, a University of Maryland poll revealed that only 36 percent of French people believed that free-market capitalism was the best system of economic organization, compared to 74 percent in China. No wonder being called “Che Guevara” is a compliment in the Gallic press...
...unfazed by the swirling controversy, and are quick to acknowledge the strength of their opponent. With "two intelligent, hard-working elected officials," says Keith Lilly, the volunteer campaign coordinator in Obama's office, "We have our cake and we're eating it, too." Clinton's team volleys back the compliment: "I think it's pretty clear that Obama will do very well among African-American voters," says Wardally, though he expects his candidate to garner "her piece" and carry the district. A Jan. 20 statewide poll conducted by Siena College, which found Clinton leading Obama, 46-36, among black Democrats...
...McPherson, a professor emeritus at Princeton University, says that though the article was “not controversy of the first order,” it elicited several published challenges—the ultimate academic compliment...
...Lucius and the grandson of Titus. He kind of bookends the play. He never has too much action, but he kind of watches and he’s one of the only characters who is still alive at the end.RR: Is there a Girl character to compliment your Boy?NM: No, there’s not a Girl character. It’s a pretty male-heavy cast. But I do have a great scene where my aunt chases me around without any arms or tongue.RR: Interesting. Isn’t it kind of hard for her to run with...
...when U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced their arrests on the steps of the courthouse in Camden, N.J., he called the Fort Dix case "the model for the post-September 11 era." He meant that as a compliment. Eight different law-enforcement outfits had cooperated, all following up on the tip of a concerned citizen. Six suspects were in jail, five charged with conspiring to kill soldiers at the Fort Dix military base in southern New Jersey and the sixth facing weapons charges. No one had gotten hurt. "This," said Christie, "is what we've been talking about developing since...