On the other hand, this episode demonstrates that Mr Obama is willing to appoint respected intellectuals, even when such choices anger the ideological base of the party.But in any case, Mr Obama's campaign must be relieved that one of the country's most strident leftist political voices no longer has the candidate in his sights.
The World in 2012 in its special section on China worries about rising debt and the property bubble, and it gives a soberly balanced view of the months ahead:The government will be relieved that one potential trigger of unrest, inflation, will be less of a threat in the coming months as food prices stabilise.
"We are relieved that nine were acquitted and that charges were reduced for others, but none of them should have been brought to trial in the first place," says Carol Corillon, the consortium's director.
Local residents were relieved that one killer was no longer roaming the woods, but the constant commotion of speeding police cruisers and helicopters pointed to the continued danger.
Most Iraqis will be relieved that Mr. Hussein's two most likely successors have been eliminated as the manhunt for others continues.
As for Iberia, having spent so long negotiating the complicated regulatory implications of a merger with BA in jurisdictions around the world, it will no doubt be relieved that the deal sees the two airline operations keep their own branding and separate responsibilities for operations.
He publicized the exhibit through small cards and word of mouth; still, he was relieved that only thirty people came over the three months it was open.
But even as the suffocating pall of smoke begins to clear from the skies above Sumatra and Malaysia and Singapore beyond it the causes of South-East Asia's perennial "haze" remain stubbornly fixed in place.At the farming village of Rantau Baru, in the Pelalawan district of Riau province (see map below), Ibu Saparina is relieved that her seven children are no longer choking from noxious smoke.
Tim Cagney, managing director, said: "We are relieved that, after over four months of uncertainty, the government has made up its mind on where public support for UK film will sit.
