During the Carter presidency, when I noted with satisfaction that Attorney General Griffin Bell had recused himself on some matter affecting his boss, a typographical error caused the reflexive verb to be changed to "rescued," and Bell waved the clipping before a cabinet meeting: "It says here I rescued myself, and come to think of it, that's what I did".
"I also note with satisfaction that this report confirms that 'President Blatter's conduct could not be classified in any way as misconduct with regard to any ethics rules'.
Carp also said that Kodak's consumer digital camera sales were up 117% year over year, adding, "I note with personal satisfaction that our consumer digital camera business reached fully allocated profitability in the third quarter".
Only the attentive viewer will note, with satisfaction, the reason: it's time for a gas-attack drill.
Samir Shakir M. Sumaidaie, the Iraqi ambassador, said, "We note with satisfaction the manner in which this resolution was passed in an environment of harmony and agreement".
He could, however, note with satisfaction that all but two or three American medical schools by then included courses on human sexuality.
While officials have scrambled to fix the buses, they note with satisfaction that the problems here are minuscule compared with the chaos of the transportation system in the first week of the Atlanta Games.
The latter seem the more surprising survivors, though the people who decried them as style over substance when they first emerged – in the 2006 documentary Kill Your Idols they took a real pasting from the old stalwarts of New York's art-rock scene – might note with satisfaction that the trio are more famous than they are commercially successful.
"We note with satisfaction that Damascus has confirmed its readiness in principle to participate in an international conference in the interest of the Syrians themselves finding a political path to a settlement of the conflict that has been devastating for the country and the region," the spokesman, Aleksandr Lukashevich, said in a statement.
He will also note with satisfaction that, in the parliamentary election held on the same day as the presidential one, his (ex-communist) Social Democrats won 37% of the vote, as many as he got himself, whereas Mr Tudor's Greater Romania Party got only about 20%.
However, it makes no sense for us to note with satisfaction the dominant position of the euro in the global markets whilst at the same time refusing to act collectively in a manner in line with this new status.
