Modern cladistic analysis has largely vindicated his concepts of Clerodendrum and its relatives.

And with all the "beasts" worthy of pillorying, why single out a group of people whose opposition to an unpopular war has been largely vindicated?

Prof. James Hitchcock of St. Louis University said Judge Bork's nomination had largely vindicated the faith of one wing of the anti-abortion movement in political action and in the Reagan Administration.

Sydenham-Clarke's opinions on the strength of field fortifications were largely vindicated by the trench warfare of the First World War (1914-1918).

But history has largely vindicated Shanker's role in the strike.

Indeed, after years of lonely, grueling courtroom struggle, Mr. Kearns, a 64-year-old engineer, has now largely vindicated himself as the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper.

"We think it's the Switzerland of Latin America, and we've been largely vindicated," he said.

Though subsequent circumstances had largely vindicated her actions, he still felt a lingering resentment about it, as livid and painful as a bone bruise.

They have largely vindicated his belief in the tenacity of national identities and the superficiality of ideological systems.

Over the years his stance has been largely vindicated by advancing historic insights and more objective reflective analysis.