21.   Patient groups praised the move but said there was still much to be done.

22.   President Jacques Chirac, in a nationally televised address, praised the move and indicated that France would soon join the effort.

23.   Rep. Edward J. Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts and chairman of the House Commerce subcommittee on finance, praised the move.

24.   The mayor of Los Angeles, Richard Riordan, has appointed a deputy mayor for neighborhoods and praises moves to revive local place names.

25.   The move was widely praised by retail industry analysts.

26.   The move was widely praised.

27.   The move was praised by Sen. Christopher Bond, the Missouri Republican who is chairman of the Senate Small Business Committee.

28.   The move was praised by several elected leaders in the area, and by Gov. Kempthorne, a Republican.

29.   The United States praised the move.

30.   These moves were praised as Spartak began to act like a profit-making, Western-style professional sports team.