HOW nice it was that the Swedish Academy announced its award of this year's Nobel prize for literature to Günter Grass in time for him to enjoy a really good birthday for once: his 72nd, on October 16th.
He agreed with Ms. Bronstein about how nice it was.
How nice it was to have shopkeepers and market people recognize her when she marketed.
No one understands, she said, how nice it was to be part of Koresh's circle.
"She just couldn't believe how peaceful it was, how nice it was," Clemens said.
How nice it was for him to get back to his roots.
"Normally I am not so into new construction," she said, but she was surprised how nice it was.
"How nice it was to see her facing the audience, with her complete enjoyment of music-making.
Remember how nice it was in London a year ago, when everyone was smiling the whole time?
I was fighting it, I was not sitting that comfortably with it, and I didn't notice how nice it was.
As she walked away, the mayor said how nice it was that the Inner Circle was drawing out-of-towners.
