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Obviously the forwarding of the email was dishonorable, and not a praise-worthy act.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Caution About Sending E-Mails — and About Trust 2010
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A simple poll would find that most people don't find it praise-worthy to do all of that contracting out of activities that signal your commitment to close friends and family.
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Obviously the forwarding of the email was dishonorable, and not a praise-worthy act.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Caution About Sending E-Mails — and About Trust 2010
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Those onlookers see a person who is not praise-worthy but who seems expecting of praise and who is a bit upset when he doesn't get it.
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At root, we want to be praised, but even more than that we want to be praise-worthy.
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These are the people that are trying to find a cure for cancer, improve X-ray machines, discover how the Universe formed and why we're all here in the first place... and yet it seems more laudable and praise-worthy to make a career out of kicking a ball into a net or appearing in front of a television camera.
New Year honours: Business as usual despite 'big society' call from Cameron 2010
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The only thing praise-worthy in this movie was whoever worked on the robots, but even that's blotted out by explosions.
The Worst Reviewed Highest Grossing Movie Of All-Time? | /Film 2009
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Which ought to be considered all the more praise-worthy, given the youth of the region.
I Guess Alice Feiring Doesn't Like Long Island Wine...Or Hasn't Tasted Much of It 2007
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Yet again, I am trying to do praise-worthy things so that others will praise me.
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The site, says Winer, would be a praise-worthy effort -- if this was 2004.
Daily Digest: Through the Wormhole, Into the White House 2009
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