And even though petrol (gasoline) is still dear, ever more efficient cars are helping Americans to travel farther for less.The Obama administration has done a few things to advance this happy state of affairs.
If need be, imagine in advance several happy or funny scenarios.
Governor Pataki's plan to make certain that all buses purchased by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority burn clean fuel is a happy advance over New Jersey Transit's agreement to buy a horde of dirty diesel buses.
I had no advance notice, was not happy about it and didn't handle it very well".
Kuerten and Alex Corretja did not mind, both happy to advance to Sunday's final at Roland Garros with minimum anxiety.
There are often funny moments, and many tender ones, but it is overwhelmingly sad, not least because the reader knows the ending in advance so even the happy reminiscences have a doomed air about them.
"I asked him to convey our excuses to Sir Rudolf and say that The Times could not show him the article in advance but would be happy to sell him a posthumous subscription," Mr. Hess wrote.
Getting into hoity-toity eateries is a snap: Guy Savoy, which typically required a three-week advance reservation, will be happy to have you if you call a day or two ahead.
Nevertheless, he was "usually happy to advance young women professionally", something that may have been based largely on his sexual attraction toward them.
Yet she was perfectly happy with advances of £2,000 from Colin Haycraft at Duckworth, who was her friend.
