Other critics of Rand have called it "gushingly adulatory" and "sycophantic". This he did in "fulsome and adulatory" terms, which were ill-received by the Whig opposition. The almanacs' editors prefaced the publications with adulatory references to Banneker and his race. Upon his release, Bhutto travelled the country amid adulatory crowds of PPP supporters. Upon his release, Bhutto travelled around the country amid adulatory crowds of PPP supporters. In 1851 an adulatory novel by the teenaged Elizabeth Sara Sheppard was published, "Charles Auchester". The book was "an adulatory biography" which made Wingate's personal respect for Ismay quite clear. This is explicitly acknowledged in one of several adulatory poems. Her letters provide interesting, less adulatory information about her father. The advisors are praised in the same adulatory tone as is employed for the kings. Initial responses to the show included adulatory reviews, some controversy and high ratings. Initial responses to the show included adulatory reviews, some controversy, and high ratings. "The Seekers" was both praised and criticized for its adulatory treatment of Western culture.