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The media bemoaned the vulnerability of illegal immigrants (trapped by their fear that outsiders will discover they're illegal) and congratulated Mayor Rudy Giuliani for rescuing the New York slaves.
For all that, Does Accent Matter ? is not a whit less scholarly, and Faber must be congratulated for perceiving it as a work that deserves a wider readership.
After the debate, Bradley congratulated himself for finally taking the gloves off.
Black's Israeli newspaper, the Jerusalem Post, congratulated Jordan's ailing King Hussein Monday on the fact that the longevity of his rule--46 years next month--"has been achieved mainly through consensual rule rather than despotism."