1. While lauding progress in four areas, the UN Secretary General cautioned that a full agreement is not possible in Cancun.
2. The Kremlin has been eager to show the situation in Chechnya as normalizing, lauding a March referendum and October presidential elections as concrete steps to peace.
3. Republican Senator Ted Cruz joined others in lauding Giffords but expressed little interest in curbing firearms.
4. The author has obviously overlooked many of Beijing's advantages while lauding those of Shanghai.
5. TV and the news media continue lauding the achievements of China, now the world's second largest economy.