1.   Maris, played with admirable dignity by Pepper, comes right out of central casting, a decent, laconic family man from the northern plains.

2.   Mitchell elevates her own scenes of illness, deterioration and death with an admirable dignity.

3.   Miguel Sandoval makes it difficult to call his kingpin character a commonplace menace, for he also shows admirable dignity as a family man and statesman.

4.   The Israeli campaign, while conducted with admirable dignity and seriousness, was fought over polarizing political issues.