In Benghazi, the joy of the moment was untempered by what many in the crowd acknowledged were the immense tasks ahead.
He tickles in a little downhill left-to-right dribbler, picks his ball out of the hole, and acknowledges the crowd acknowledging his birdie.
The police report said that Christians had fired in the air, and Alaa Ayed, 25, a Christian in the crowd, acknowledged that his side might have been the first to open fire.
"I have to be careful what I say," he told the crowd, acknowledging his tendency, over the years, to eclipse her with a loose remark that sends the news cycle churning.
Some in the crowd acknowledged later that they were uneasy with speeches that, in their view, veered far from the day's main agenda: letting the White House know what they think of this war.
There will certainly be no shortage of goodwill towards Coleman on Tuesday evening, when Wales host Andorra in a final qualification fixture that has nothing riding on it but promises to be quite an occasion as a sellout crowd acknowledges the achievements of a team which has created history.
With only three points between the first three riders, it was this effort that proved decisive, something the crowd acknowledged with generous applause.
"We're your Canadian neighbors, and you're going to get through this time," singer Kevin Drew told the crowd, acknowledging what to many was a frightful week of Senate hearings regarding the future of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Moments after he finished, a young black man in a sweat jacket stood up to defend Obama to the crowd, acknowledging that the president wasn't perfect but he was doing the best job he could to clean up the mess he had inherited.
