As relieved as Rodriguez was to finish his news conference, Cashman explained how the steroid stigma would follow him.
As relieved as Henry seemed, Coach Hans Backe, too, seemed to breathe a sigh of relief that Henry, his highest-paid player, got on the scoresheet.
As relieved as the Red Sox were to avoid being swept, they truly felt as if they should be ahead of Oakland.
As relieved as we were to see Alphonso Jackson resign on Monday as the secretary of housing and urban development, it was a sad comment on the Bush administration's low regard for HUD's mission that Mr. Jackson was permitted to remain in office so long.
As relieved as Giambi was to hit a homer off the left-hander Victor Alvarez -- and temporarily steer the discussion away from performance-enhancing drugs -- this might have been the first time in baseball history that a runner was happier about circling the bases than a batter.
As relieved as we were, the next few hours were torturous.
Kamsky was as relieved as he was excited.
Some of DoubleClick's competitors were just as relieved.
Few of the other depositors seem as relieved.
The Yankees could have been going to Siberia and would have been just as relieved.
Biju seems as relieved as everyone else to have an excuse to go away.
