One man who 'didn't expect any great shocks' later described his initial response: I was really pleased that all the indications were that I was absolutely where I should be for my age and height and I was really quite gratified about all that.
US attorney Carmen Ortiz said that the hearing was "a day for the victims to have a voice" and that her team of prosecutors "are all feeling very gratified" by the hearing.
The wave held up beautifully, and I made it easily, although the final, house-thick section next to the channel shot me out so fast that I had to abandon all pretense of control and simply stand there, knees bent, a gratified passenger.
She showed it to the education minister, and the two exchanged a gratified smirk.Mrs Schavan is not smiling now.
Outdoors, an ardent chap in blue whirls a gratified young woman in pink.
I touched him!" Russert exultantly reports to his dad; "Finally, a Russert has met a president of the United States," a gratified Big Russ says.
"We are very gratified, and all I can say is, 'Viva Bush,' " said an exuberant John Dendahl, chairman of the New Mexico Republican Party, who, with his Democratic counterpart, Diane Denish, had paced for hours in the hall outside the room where the counting was under way.
The existing Al Jazeera English (AJE) channel that was spun off in 2006 from the original Arabic network gained discerning and gratified followers all around the world, but also, very significantly, in the U.S.
"He and we are all, to understate the matter, pleased and gratified," a defense lawyer, Robert Weinberg, said after the verdict.
The governor hesitated, mentioned how gratified she was that the Legislature approved virtually all of her initiatives, and said she did not really have any other major plans.
