Martin Nesirky told a news conference: "We all understand that there is a lack of trust between parties, and therefore we all understand that we cannot be sure yet what will transpire, but the hope is that guns will fall silent for the people of Syria, so that they have peace and quiet during this holy holiday".
The chancellor appeared confident about the government's ability to reduce public spending by 2014-15 despite "grave concerns" expressed in a report published today by the public accounts committee, which found that the last cost-cutting programme had stalled and many of the intended savings did not actually transpire.
Their stand has been touchingly unco-ordinated; more effective, it may transpire, for seeming heartfelt rather than conspiratorial.
That would be good, and may one day transpire.
Precisely what will transpire is unclear, but it seems likely that government health schemes will demand bigger discounts from drug suppliers.
Then the two countries may opt for a partial agreement, or let their confrontation continue at the same level, or see it deteriorate and become even more dangerous.There are two other outcomes, both of them devoutly wished for by some Americans, that seem unlikely to transpire.
Goat Mountain, the devilish hill on which these events transpire, remains a closed and terrible world.Mr Vann's work is death-haunted.
Although the overwhelming majority of events that can transpire in baseball over a brief time period cannot be distinguished statistically from random variation, a handful of accomplishments are so rare that even a single game can contain impressive predictive power.
Alternatively, it may transpire that this was a botched kidnapping; four other hostages were released by Mali-based jihadists last week, for a reported $20m ransom.
Whatever is about to transpire in Taiwan, he implies, cannot be as bad as what has happened in those other places.
By contrast, grasslands and crops in open fields transpire no more than 10% of the precipitation they receive.
