No dancing, no whooping, just quiet relief.
ReprintsAmong Ethiopian officials and soldiers, a sense of quiet relief prevails; it could have been worse.
Quiet relief turned to excitement as they caught the first glimpse of the islands' unique creatures.
By drawing in India they have usefully diluted China's influence, to the quiet relief of everyone else, as has the invitation to Australia and New Zealand.
The mood was one of quiet relief at the signs of economic recovery and not-so-quiet pride at central bankers' role in saving global finance.
As it is, though, it is pure Winogrand: a metaphor for city life with all its snatched moments of quiet relief amid the constant distraction.
Mostly there was quiet relief as energy snacks, water bottles, blue towels, woollen socks and thin white, wind-blocking protective overalls were handed out.
I thought the look on Adam Driver's face in the moment that she told him suggested quiet relief (and who can blame him?), but post-show, he accuses her of throwing him off his game and ruining his performance.
While Gaddafi's death has brought global reactions ranging from jubilation to quiet relief, little is certain about how the 69-year-old met his end other than that he was alive when first held by NTC forces near Sirte.
Although almost no one in Greece likes the last-minute deal or thinks it is fair, it has still been welcomed with quiet relief after nearly two weeks of staring down economic disaster.
Opposition had so hardened at the White House and State Department that officials at the National Security Council were said to have expressed quiet relief when the test failed in July.
