Mitt Romney, while having, earlier, reversed his fulsome praise for Ben Bernanke, has remained largely silent on monetary policy.

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His performance drew fulsome praise from playing partner Bernhard Langer, Germany's greatest ever golfer, who himself carded a 72 to finish on two-under.

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The irony of this is that you provided much more fulsome praise of Ronald Reagan in a book by Tom Brokaw that's being published right now, as did -- as did Bill Clinton in the past.

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Meanwhile UN Watch, a lobby group that counters UN criticism of Israel, has gleefully recalled the fulsome praise for Libya that many council members offered when that country was undergoing a review of its performance a few months ago.

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IMF's number two, who was fulsome in his praise of Mr Yilmaz's economic management when he visited Ankara last month.

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The pair were interviewed together after their rounds and 14-time major winner Woods was fulsome in his praise of the young pretender to his throne.

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But not all critics were so fulsome in their praise of The Avengers star, whose films include Lost in Translation and the recently released Hitchcock film.

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