"Despite unprecedented levels of lobbying by the tobacco industry to undermine the directive it is gratifying that MEPs stood firm on many of the key measures.
David Faulkner, deputy leader of Newcastle city council, said: "Paris surely remains a ladies' paradise but it's gratifying to see that Newcastle will now earn the same tag.
To achieve this, staff were told the Express would be "locked" early, so reporters, subs, the picture desk and the printers had to go into overdrive to get everything done by 6pm – all for the sake of 200 copies, one toiler points out, and gratifying the boss's vanity.
It will be a shame if too many grounds follow Warwickshire's template, although it's gratifying to see the Rose Bowl create something from the last days of The Raj in Southampton, feeling like a mirage on its industrial estate location.
On one level, it's deliriously gratifying that it has come to this.
And the nation found the global expressions of solidarity a gratifying reminder that its values still resonate around the world.This week, as Mr Valls sent 10,000 soldiers to help protect schools, mosques, synagogues and media offices, and promised more resources for intelligence and policing, hard questions were emerging.
So for a country hungry for high-tech start-ups it is gratifying to see foreigners creating one in Britain.Telefónica's happy experience owning O2 is one reason for the move.
This may be a grand vision, but at a time when the multiplex delivers an unfailingly anodyne experience, it is gratifying to know that something different is being injected into the mix.
Nor did interest in the football league extend beyond the British coast.So it is gratifying, in a career spent largely in Asia, to find the English Premier League (EPL) now attracting almost as much excitement in many Asian countries as it does in its homeland.
A grateful President Bush publicly expressed thanks to General Musharraf, for continuing to "lead" the war against terrorism.All this is deeply gratifying for the general, and comes as welcome respite at a difficult time.
Even on issues on which Labour has traditionally been strong, such as health and education, the Conservatives are now ahead, despite the fact that Mr Cameron has no discernible policies on either.This must be gratifying for him, for it vindicates the strategy he set out when running for the leadership a year ago.
