He's a pioneer, though I hate to use that word because it sounds laudatory, but he forged a beachhead in his ability to shock an audience. We're very happy to see him leave the public airwaves.
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There was a better than two-to-one ratio in time allocation in attacks against the president versus laudatory comments about Senator Kerry's agenda,
But it has also enabled me to find my feet as a lecturer and a reader of my own plays to audiences who like to hear them; and that experience of immediate appreciation gives greater pleasure and more stimulus towards further activity than even the most laudatory of reviews.
They were very laudatory on our proposal. As a matter of fact, they thought our design and concept was probably better than the other two. It really came down to long-term financial stability for the Hall of Fame, and they thought it would be better up there.
During the Gulf War, in early 1991, the news coverage was so laudatory that a former media strategist for President Reagan was ecstatic. If you were going to hire a public relations firm to do the media relations for an international event, ... it couldn't be done any better than this is being done.
In recent years, a small cottage industry has formed around ex-cabinet members writing their own memoirs of their time around the White House. Until about 25 years ago, these autobiographies were respectful of the man in the Oval Office. They were laudatory, ... These people were proud to serve their great men. Kennedy's men -- (Ted) Sorensen, (Arthur) Schlesinger -- they loved him. They weren't about to betray him (in their memoirs).