The novel, which was praised by Stephen King, is similar to King's It in its focus on small town life, the corruption of innocence, the return of an ancient evil, and the responsibility for others that emerges with the transition from youth to adulthood.

Lovecraft was also influenced by authors such as Gertrude Barrows Bennett ( who, writing as Francis Stevens, impressed Lovecraft enough that he publicly praised her stories and eventually " emulated Bennett's earlier style and themes "), Oswald Spengler, Robert W. Chambers ( writer of The King in Yellow, of whom Lovecraft wrote in a letter to Clark Ashton Smith: " Chambers is like Rupert Hughes and a few other fallen Titans — equipped with the right brains and education but wholly out of the habit of using them ").

For example, the diplomatic correspondence from King Bu of Wa to Emperor Shun of Liu Song in 478 has been praised for its skillful use of allusion.

The speech of Belgian King Baudouin praised developments under colonialism, his reference to the " genius " of his great-granduncle Leopold II of Belgium glossing over atrocities committed during the Congo Free State.

Auden praised The Return of the King and found The Lord of the Rings a " masterpiece of the genre ".

King Agrippa stood and received it and read standing, and the sages praised him for doing so.

Brân is praised in the poetry of 12th century bard Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr, in which he is described as " a good commander of the host ; in battle, in hostile territory, in the contest, in stress ", while, in his elegy for Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales, Bleddyn Fardd compares the overthrow of the prince to the deaths of Llywelyn Fawr, King Arthur and Brân.

Sometime later, during a Christmas feast, a crowd of lords, knights, and squires praised King Maelgwn Gwynedd.

Her Star Trek character was groundbreaking in the racist society at the time, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. personally praised her work on the show and asked her to remain when she was considering leaving the series.

Although reviled by one contemporary writer as an " evil counsellor " to the king, modern historians have been more forgiving ; one praised his intelligence and others stated that de Gray was one of the few men King John trusted throughout his life.

Later on the King of Norway, Harald Hardradi ( died 1066 ) is praised by two Court-Scalds for summoning the leidangr to attack Denmark.

In the New York Times Book Review, author Stephen King stated the Goblet of Fire was " every bit as good as Potters 1 through 3 " and praised the humour and subplots, although he commented that " there's also a moderately tiresome amount of adolescent squabbling ... it's a teenage thing ".

Atterbury's treatise, though highly praised by Bishop Gilbert Burnet, was more distinguished for the vigour of his rhetoric than the soundness of his arguments, and the Papists accused him of treason, and of having, by implication, called King James " Judas ".

In the years following the war ( after 1671 ) the King was often praised as Louis le Grand or Ludovicus Magnus ( Ludwig the Great ), and on the suggestion of Colbert, the finance minister, even a triumphal arch was to be built in Paris ; however, construction was abandoned in 1671.

The survey has been widely praised, described as " brilliant and exhaustive " by military historian D. J. Cathcart King in 1949 and " perhaps the finest account of the archaeology and history of a single medieval castle ever written " by historian Hugh Kennedy in 1994.

Philippa and King John ’ s union was praised for establishing purity and virtue in a court that was regarded as particularly corrupt.

As Neo-Confucian philosophy became more influential in the later Korean Dynasties, Gyebaek was recognized by historians and scholars are exemplifying the Confucian ideals of patriotism and devotion to his King and praised as such.

His victory at Bushy Run was celebrated in the British colonies — church bells rang through the night in Philadelphia — and praised by King George.

In 1802 King praised them stating, " the utmost order and regularity has uniformly prevailed amongst the non-commissioned officers and privates.

It was around this time that Xunzi visited the state of Qin and praised its governance, and debated military affairs with Lord Linwu ( 臨武君 ) in the court of King Xiaocheng of Zhao ( 趙孝成王 ).

The opening ceremony was attended by notables such as Sir Frank Dyson, former Astronomer Royal, and former Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, who praised the Observatory as " a gift to science all over the world.

During his life, Stevens authored several other books, including a two-volume biography of Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus and his involvement in the Thirty Years War, praised by The New York Times as showing " extensive research and much patient reading.

Henry the Young King, whom Bertran had praised and criticised in his poems, died on campaign in June 1183 in Martel.

Underland. com praised the plot line as a " very King Arthur like tale of love and betrayal.

Allmusic's Bruce Eder praised the album, saying that it was better produced than their debut, but he also said that it " doesn't tread enough new ground to precisely rival In the Court of the Crimson King ".

Reacting to the inauguration of United States President Barack Obama on 20 January 2009, Ntoutoume Emane said the event fulfilled the dream of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, and he said that he had read Obama's books.

King supported President Obama's order to kill Osama Bin Laden, saying that he knows it is a " tough decision " to make in the Situation Room.

King has opposed President Barack Obama's executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

Robert Altman, Clarence Brown, Alfred Hitchcock and King Vidor each have five nominations without a win.

In 1991, towards the end of the reign of Baudouin I, Senator Yves de Wasseige, a former member of the Belgian Constitutional Court, cited four points of democracy which the Belgian Constitution lacks: 1. the King chooses the ministers, 2. the King is able to influence the ministers when he speaks with them about bills, projects and nominations, 3. the King promulgates bills, and, 4. the King must agree to any change of the Constitution

Entitled The Madness of King George ( 1994 ), the film received four Academy Award nominations: for Bennett's writing and the performances of Nigel Hawthorne and Helen Mirren.

Along with the many awards bestowed upon the trilogy, particularly its final installment The Return of the King ( winner of eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture ), Astin received many award nominations for his own performance in Return of the King, taking home the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor and awards from the Las Vegas Film Critics Society, the Seattle Film Critics, the Utah Film Critics Association, and the Phoenix Film Critics Society.

Walworth and King were re-nominated on Dec 10, 1844, but both nominations were tabled on Jan 21, 1845.

Shore has received four Academy Award nominations, winning three, two for Best Original Score, for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001 ), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ( 2003 ).

Shore has also received six Golden Globe nominations, winning three consecutive awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song-" Into the West " for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ( 2003 ) and The Aviator ( 2004 ), making him the only the second composer ( after Alan Menken ) to have received consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Original Score.

Roberts received Golden Globe nominations for his early starring roles in King of the Gypsies ( 1978 ) and Star 80 ( 1983 ).

* 76th Academy Awards: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King wins Best Picture and Director awards and nine others for a total of 11 Academy Awards, a tie for the most ever won by a single film, and the largest sweep ever for a single film, having received 11 nominations.

* At The River I Stand ( 1993 ): Documentary about the last crusade of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr .; received Emmy and NAACP Image award nominations

* Directors: Michael Curtiz ( born Mihaly Kertész ): 6 nominations / 2 wins ( Casablanca ), King Vidor 5 nominations plus one Honorary and George Cukor 5 nominations / one win My Fair Lady.

Other nominations in that category included the Simpsons episodes " Moe Baby Blues " and " My Mother the Carjacker ", both from 2003, and episodes of Futurama, King of the Hill, and The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.

Additional theatre credits include Jonathan in the Alan Menken / Tim Rice musical King David, Harlequin in Triumph of Love, Snoopy in the Broadway revival of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown ( for which he won the Drama Desk Award and a Tony ), Carmen Ghia and later Leo Bloom in The Producers ( earning Drama Desk and Tony nominations ), and The Frogs at Lincoln Center, which reunited him with fellow Producers star Nathan Lane and Susan Stroman.

It is however, one of the few Best Picture winners that did not receive any acting nominations, a feat that would not be repeated until 2004, when The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was nominated for ( and won ) eleven Oscars, none of which were in an acting category.

Since its founding, the CTH has put on over 39 productions, including The Cherry Orchard, Waiting for Godot, Macbeth, King Lear ", The Blacks: A Clown Show, Caligula, The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade, and various others for which the company has received numerous AUDELCO, OBIE, Drama Desk, American Theatre Wing and Lucille Lortell nominations and awards.

Attles, Grant and King teamed up the following year in Hughes's Jericho-Jim Crow ; over time Grant received three Tony Award nominations for her writing.