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The Times news story more or less congratulates Brooklyn Museum director Arnold Lehman for failing to be "intimidated by Mr. Giuliani's expression of outrage" (imagine how differently the story would read if it said Lehman failed to be "moved by Mr. Giuliani's expression of outrage").
News , a puff piece congratulates GM on its makeover: The troubled car maker is introducing 14 new models this year, hoping to stop its market-share slide.
Broadway congratulates itself on its recent success--ticket sales increased 12 percent this year--which critics grudgingly attribute to investments by Disney and Michael Ovitz's company Livent.
Newsweek congratulates New York for its remarkable comeback, applauding its falling crime rate, cleanliness, swinging nightlife, and entrepreneurial immigrants.
A jubilant cover story congratulates Gov.