Enthusiastically greeted by the music press — the NME called it " a Great Pop Record ... bigger, bolder, narkier and funnier Modern Life is Rubbish "— Parklife is regarded as one of Britpop's defining records.

Enthusiastically, Americans have swept subliterary and bogus materials like Paul Bunyan tales, Abe Lincoln anecdotes and labor union songs up as true products of our American oral tradition.

As was to be expected Kennedy's latest speech was greeted with enthusiasm by revenge-seeking circles in Bonn, where officials of the West German government praised it ''.

At the inn, which was situated close to a broad weir, Byron was greeted by the landlord with obsequious deference and addressed as `` milord ''.

If goodness and badness lie in attitudes only and hence are brought into being by them, those men who greeted death and misery with childishly merry laughter are taking the only sensible line.

It was greeted with a chorus of boos by 500 women in Trenton Monday at a forum of the State Federation of Women's Clubs.

Bradman's men were greeted by packed crowds across the country, and records for Test attendances in England were set in the Second and Fourth Tests at Lord's and Headingley respectively ; the crowd at Headingley remains a record, and it was there that Australia set a world record by chasing down 404 on the last day for a seven-wicket victory.

" Nitetis naturally, betrayed Amasis and upon being greeted by the Persian king explained Amasis's trickery and her true origins.

Arnulf was greeted at the Ponte Milvio by the Roman Senate who escorted him into the Leonine City, where he was received by Pope Formosus on the steps of the Santi Apostoli.

Upon landing in al-Andalus, Abd al-Rahman was greeted by clients Abu Uthman and Ibn Khalid and an escort of 300 cavalry.

They were greeted in a hostile manner by the surrounding population and his sister and father fell dangerously ill.

On his return to Naples, Nelson was greeted with a triumphal procession led by King Ferdinand IV and Sir William Hamilton and was introduced for only the third time to Sir William's wife Emma, Lady Hamilton, who fainted violently at the meeting, and apparently took several weeks to recover from her injuries.

For many years passengers arriving at the Chiang Kai-shek International Airport were greeted by signs in Chinese welcoming them to the " Chung Cheng International Airport ".

On Saturday 23 June, the traditional eve-of-coronation procession to Westminster was greeted by a large and enthusiastic crowd.

In the film, he is greeted by arguably the most surreal sequence of scenes in science fiction film history.

The Kissing Post is a wooden column outside the Registry Room, where new arrivals were greeted by their relatives and friends, typically with tears, hugs and kisses.

As her triumphal progress wound through the city on the eve of the coronation ceremony, she was welcomed wholeheartedly by the citizens and greeted by orations and pageants, most with a strong Protestant flavour.

Madero traveled throughout Mexico giving antireelectionist speeches, and everywhere he went he was greeted by crowds of thousands.

When the army investigates, they are greeted by Wilson ( Chuck Wilson ), Grenchko ( Richard Berger ), Emmy Kano ( Anna Nakagawa ) and an android named M-11 ( Robert Scott Field ).

Some older composers in Naples, notably Zingarelli and Paisiello, were inclined to intrigue against the success of the youthful composer, but all hostility was rendered futile by the enthusiasm that greeted the court performance of his Elisabetta, regina d ' Inghilterra, in which Isabella Colbran, who subsequently became the composer's wife, took a leading part.

When Austrian-born Hitler entered Vienna, he was greeted by loud cheers.

The Viscount and Viscountess Alexander of Tunis are greeted by Prime Minister of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King | Mackenzie King upon the viceregal couple's arrival in Ottawa, 12 April 1946

Upon their return home, the Jags were greeted by an estimated 40, 000 fans at the stadium.

Ribbentrop's civil-war statements were greeted with incredulity by those British people who heard them.

When Debs was released from the Atlanta Penitentiary, the other prisoners sent him off with " a roar of cheers " and a crowd of 50, 000 greeted his return to Terre Haute to the accompaniment of band music.

* " Part IV: Middle Age " features a middle-aged American couple ( Idle as the wife and Palin as the husband ) taking a vacation to a bizarre resort, where they are greeted by M ' Lady Joeline ( Gilliam dressed in drag ) and are shown to an authentic medieval dungeon with Hawaiian music and a man being tortured with hot irons.

Life-sized marionettes, coin-operated boys, living statues, and other undergroundlings greeted fans while circus and burlesque drew the audience into the Dolls ' music, creating a participatory atmosphere that allowed the audience to experience numerous types of art simultaneously.

Although Nelson had previously been castigated in the press for failing to intercept the French fleet, rumours of the battle had begun to arrive in Britain from the continent in late September and the news Capel brought was greeted with celebrations right across the country.

Even still, the story was greeted with outrage by British reviewers, some of whom suggested that Wilde should be prosecuted on moral grounds, leading Wilde to defend the novel aggressively in letters to the British press.

In Germany, press reaction to the trial was highly critical of Streicher ; but the gauleiter was greeted after his conviction by hundreds of cheering supporters, and within months Nazi party membership surged to its highest levels yet.

His fall 1958 collection was not greeted with the same level of approval as his first collection, and later collections for the House of Dior featuring hobble skirts and beatnik fashions were savaged by the press.

His funeral on 20 August was greeted with jeering and insults along the processional route, although not to the level of unanimity projected in the radical press.

As a result of Barnum's months of preparations, Lind was a celebrity even before she arrived in the U. S., and close to 40, 000 greeted her at the docks and another 20, 000 at her hotel, the press was in attendance, and " Jenny Lind items " were available.

According to Brad Simpson, director of the Indonesia and East Timor Documentation Project at the National Security Archives, Holbrooke had visited officially to press for human rights reform but, after meeting Suharto, had instead praised him for Indonesia ’ s human rights improvements, for the steps that Indonesia had taken to open East Timor to the West, and for allowing a delegation of congressmen to enter the territory under strict military guard, where they were greeted by staged celebrations welcoming the Indonesian armed forces.

That evening, when police raided a news press and seized contraband newspapers, they were greeted by a sweltering, unemployed mob angrily shouting, < span lang =" fr ">" À bas les Bourbons!

The semi-automatic gearbox in the original Vanquish had been widely criticised ( notably by Jeremy Clarkson on the BBC's Top Gear programme ), so this change was greeted with approval by the automotive press.

With Gallo's life still prominent in the minds of the public and without favorable media coverage, Dylan's attempt to romanticize Gallo was greeted with an enormous amount of contempt by the press, public officials, and private citizens alike.

Other than his 1958 hit Les Tricheurs, Carné's postwar films met with only uneven success and many were greeted by an almost unrelenting negative criticism from the press and within members of the film industry.

Birth debuted at the 2004 Venice Film Festival where its first press screening was greeted with widely reported booing and catcalls.

Shortly after signing a new 2-year contract with AEK Athens, Guðjohnsen stated to the press after he was greeted by the AEK fans, " It was unbelievable, I have played and been in many countries but I have never seen anything like this before.

" The fall of the " Mighty Met " was greeted with enormous press coverage, and sadness from longtime fans.

Due to John and Yoko's very public image, the Amsterdam Bed-In was greeted by fans, and received a great deal of press coverage.

The opening scene of each episode showed " Mavis ", now brought to life as a parodic character, arriving at Sydney airport to be greeted by the waiting press ; the irony was that although the show was called The Mavis Bramston Show, this was the only scene in which she appeared.

Recorded in 2005 for Warner Classics, and enthusiastically greeted by the musical press, the production has also toured live in the United States and France.

His tongue-in-cheek application to run the Royal Opera House in 2000 was greeted with scorn by the musical establishment but received remarkable heavyweight support in the press and elsewhere.