Although a person of strong faith herself, her research was critical, and not adulatory.

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Adulatory quotations by distinguished writers on her book's jacket attest to her formidable reputation.

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Just read the adulatory reviews whenever Cate Blanchett takes a Sydney Theatre Company production to New York or Washington, or when Peter Carey publishes a new novel.

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His supporters mused about what might come next for "the Enforcer, " "the Crusader, " "the Sheriff of Wall Street, " as he has been dubbed in adulatory news stories.

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In the weeks before, the Dubai-based, Saudi-owned station had run a series of adulatory interviews with Iyad Allawi, Iraq's interim prime minister, as well as saturation advertising to get out the vote.

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