It's all very restorative - except for a negative notice from The Washington Post.

Honor Bound received positive and negative critical notice.

But the negative notices had one advantage, the artist said: "It just left me alone."

There were also negative notices from such publications as New York, The National and Esquire.

(Two performances reviewed by critics of The New York Times drew mixed to negative notices.)

Despite some partially negative or carping notices, the reviewing media have accepted the book as it presents itself-as the last book we will need about Elvis Presley.

Mayor Koch, who won negative national notice for bombastic extravagance in the New York primary campaign, now serves himself and his city far better with fiscal frugality.

Because state-financed Chinese films are always given glowing reviews in the press, Mr. Loehr has found that the occasional negative notice actually works in his favor.

But Pickford was too cagey to let negative notices get in the way.

Despite tickets selling as high as £2000 on web-based vendors, McGregor and Reilly's performances received largely negative notices.