By the time George Gregan, with the clock winding down and Australian victory assured, pointed at his opposite number Byron Kelleher and taunted, "Four more years, boys, four more years," the Wallabies could savour not just their own passage to the final, but a further entry in the expanding annals of Kiwi World Cup incompetence.
Tourists who come are extremely satisfied, the Kaysers assure, pointing to a feature in Japanese Elle.
Horses with 30 points are virtually assured a spot.
By winning Saturday, Danzing Candy is assured a spot with 50 points, as is Mor Spirit with 44.
Here he was relaxed and assured, his official point of reference the Riviera in the South of France, yet his point of view irrepressibly Italian.
He sat between his lawyers, Priya Chaudhry and Lee Ginsberg, and at one point assured the judge, Colleen McMahon, that his command of English was good enough that he did not need a translator.
"I think the key here really is to not necessarily give up a chance at the 12th Congressional District," said one Republican Party leader, who said the map's approval by the State Congressional Redistricting Commission was not assured at this point.
But McConnell's current advantage is modest — just fifty-two seand — and though he has likely allies in Democrats who serve in Republican-leaning states, no confirmation is assured at this point.
While transitions to democratic governments are far from assured at this point, no one can claim again that Arabs do not yearn for democracy.
"With our quality we are going to create chances and if we manage to keep a clean sheet we are practically assured of three points".
