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hurled 35 provoked gasps 35 compendious 35 trenchant criticism 35 Hey Rube 35 sermonic 35 jocular mood 35 paraphrases 35 cleareyed 35 misinterpreted Raul 35 statesmanlike 35 L' Actualité 35 ungrammatically 35 Michael Getler 35 heaping praise 35 unstinting praise 35 Eliot Weinberger 35 acerbic 35 commending 35 unfailingly courteous 35 unreferenced 35 celebratory 35 acutely perceptive 35 strongly worded 35 counterblast 35 Characteristically 35 overpraised 35 Platitudes 35 grandiose 35 bellicose 35 Quillblog 35 superficial 35 trumpeting 35 Jesuitical 35 delicately worded 35 winded 35 overtly partisan 35 hawkish 35 blathered 35 peak Husayin Arabic 35 critique 35 churlish 35 provacative 35 unprompted 35 flier publicizing 35 lusty applause 35 incoherent rant 35 pretentious 35 feted 35 critiques 35 scathing rebuke 35 felicitous phrase 35 Parul Sehgal 35 Brookhiser 35 Pithy 35 alarmist 35 gratuitously provocative 35 Gunga Dan 35 apropos 35 Unprompted 35 eruditely 35 tough Philly boobirds 35 self congratulation 35 intellectual pretensions 35 tersest 35 tongue clucking 35 Katharine Seelye 35 aspersions cast 35 unattributed quote 35 Leveretts 35 Here'sa snippet 35 calumnious 35 Festschrift 35 harsh critiques 35 heaped scorn 35 spoke extemporaneously 35 adulating 35 wordiness 35 mendacious 35 conveniently overlooks 35 hamfisted 35 accolades 35 NYTBR 35 overly wordy 35 rebuttal 35 stingingly 35 elicit visceral 35 caustically 35 forewords 34 sugarcoats 34 statesmanly 34 unobjectionable 34 newsworthy 34 unfailingly upbeat 34 admonitory 34 brutally frank 34 barbed 34 unprintable 34 publisher Nan Talese 34 complimenting 34 disingenuous 34 carefully parsed 34 excerpting 34 rebarbative 34 humerous 34 terseness 34 heartily applaud 34 valedictory 34 nonfictional 34 obtuse 34 laconically 34 Continetti 34 commendable 34 refreshingly forthright 34 Ken Foskett 34 conveniently neglects 34 Gary Giddins 34 instructive 34 somber 34 flatteringly 34 heartfelt 34 sarcasms 34 chiding 34 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laughter 34 splenetic 34 fiery rhetoric 34 gloatingly 34 Bosley Crowther 34 studiously neutral 34 Johnsonian 34 histrionic 34 salacious 34 cogitations 34 waffly 34 meaningless drivel 34 scolding 34 distinguished 34 banal 34 Op eds 34 contrite 34 hyperbolically 34 dour 34 unpoetic 34 Strom Thurmond segregationist 34 applauses 34 Victor Navasky 34 nonanswer 34 uplifting 34 Janet Maslin 34 sophomoric 33 jargony 33 rousing oratory 33 puffery 33 Albert Eisele 33 wonkish 33 flowery Arabic 33 underwhelming 33 panegyrics 33 critic Michiko Kakutani 33 verbally dexterous 33 decorous 33 mordant 33 unsubtle 33 reporter Ron Suskind 33 nauseating 33 respectful 33 Michel Vastel 33 engaging conversationalist 33 flowery rhetoric 33 websites HotAir.com 33 curiously worded 33 expresses gratitude 33 reportage 33 mediagenic 33 grudging praise 33 bilious 33 rapturous 33 nonplused 33 noncommital 33 blurb 33 descriptive prose 33 vapid 33 soundbytes 33 impolitic 33 brute toughness 33 reaffirmations 33 backhanded compliments 33 introductory essay 33 praised 33 overdetermined 33 narcissistically 33 politically astute 33 assiduous 33 unironic 33 teacherly 33 Goolsbee disputed 33 indiscreet remarks 33 ebullient 33 noted 33 uncurious 33 grammar punctuation spelling 33 cryptic 33 redstate.com 33 hysterical diatribe 33 Michael Massing 33 factual misrepresentations 33 frustratingly vague 33 thin gruel 33 Bookforum 33 fullsome 33 courageous self deprecatory 33 caveated 33 journalistically irresponsible 33 extolling 33 scathingly critical 33 orotund 33 Freakanomics 33 uncharacteristically tight lipped 33 harshly worded 33 Robert Christgau 33 syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin 33 Monica Lewinksy 33 dishonorable mention 33 expressing gratitude 33 maddeningly vague 33 succinctly summarizes 33 informative 33 sensationalized 33 unimpressed 33 demeanor contrasted sharply 33 infra dig 33 self deprecating chuckle 33 forceful denunciation 33 Baena MySpace 33 reverent tone 33 folksy wisdom 33 epitomized greatness 33 fond remembrances 33 dispassionate 33 ungracious 33 Nation Ari Melber 33 fanboyish 33 craftily worded 33 misquotation 33 unguardedly 33 conspiracy mongering 33 profusely thanked 33 Hilzoy 33 excoriated 33 tom tomming 33 Due Considerations 33 scoldings 33 uncharacteristically blunt 33 luke warm 33 pithy quote 33 soft soaping 33 adulation showered 33 novelist Ayelet Waldman 33 businesslike 33 rebuttals 33 honorific 33 Ms. Shlaes 33 excoriates 33 Walkleys 33 exclamatory 33 hewed closely 33 Roman orator Cicero 33 self mythologising 33 cuttingly 33 lionized 33 predictably livid 33 schoolmasterly 33 comported himself 33 wry quips 33 self effacingly 33 Farrakhan anti Semitic 33 denunciation 33 minutely detailed 33 comical 33 unflattering depictions 33 bland 33 mild rebuke 33 favorable 33 glaring contradictions 33 characteristically 33 heartily congratulated 33 eulogizing 33 racially demeaning 33 gratuitous insult 33 chest thumping 33 polite 33 unhistorical 33 writer 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Hot Pockets microwavable meals 33 unsubstantial 33 prominent Judaic studies 33 characteristic modesty 33 Godardian 33 applauded enthusiastically 33 jejune 33 declinism 33 nondenial denial 33 mono syllabic 33 Bloggingheads.tv 33 obituarists 33 abashed 33 vacuous 33 neatly summarizes 33 wonderfully readable 33 mawkish 33 eminently respectable 33 appreciations 33 stammered choking 33 Hasselbeck cowardly 33 rapturous acclaim 33 Julia Ioffe 33 starkly contradicts 33 Fran Schenkel 33 Billmon 33 conveniently forgot 33 excoriate 33 biographical sketch 33 universally admired 33 laud 33 Lincoln Gettysburg Address 33 criticisms 33 implicitly criticizes 33 précis 33 lionizing 33 Alfred Kazin 32 populist bedeviled 32 schoolmarmish 32 regurgitations 32 franker 32 Joycean 32 McPaper 32 Shaun de Waal 32 denigrating 32 grammatically incorrect 32 politically correct 32 newsy 32 villification 32 lionizes 32 paraphrased 32 lighthearted 32 Rebuttals 32 antipathetic 32 ballyhooing 32 empty platitudes 32 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scathingly funny 32 positive 32 offhanded 32 blasé 32 vehemently disagreeing 32 overly preachy 32 paraphrase Mark Twain 32 quizzical stares 32 eulogise 32 De Rugy 32 effusively praising 32 Applause greeted 32 heap praise 32 startlingly candid 32 praises 32 blatantly anti Semitic 32 folksy wisecracking style 32 prolonged ovation 32 Bridging Differences 32 unflattering caricatures 32 derisive portrayal 32 Amy Chozick 32 knighting 32 Pfleger apologized 32 Bob Somerby 32 obtusely 32 famously loquacious 32 unenthusiastically 32 flatly contradict 32 witty 32 mercilessly mocked 32 vitriol 32 admonitions 32 feather ruffling 32 Bookslut 32 skeptical 32 lurid 32 unexceptionable 32 contradictorily 32 cavilling 32 proclamations 32 SOTU speech 32 noncommittal 32 conciliatory tones 32 unsurprising 32 paraphrased quote 32 assinine 32 j'accuse 32 nonsensical 32 polemic 32 jacket blurbs 32 refutation 32 National Rifle Assn 32 Daily Kos diary 32 Mearsheimer Walt