Mr. Geithner said in a statement: "Treasury welcomes the culmination of A.I.G.'s recapitalization plan, which is a vital part of that company's turnaround and puts Treasury in an excellent position to begin realizing value for taxpayers".
And then comes the abiding aroma of Lysol spray — a culmination even less welcome than a rude gesture, or a vulgar remark.
Dominic Walsh, Chair of Sport NI, welcomed the announcement, describing it as "the culmination of a lot of hard work by a range of organisations".
Detective Chief Superintendent Dean Haydon, of the Metropolitan Police Trident Gang Crime Command, said later: "I welcome the sentence today as this is the culmination of a complex and lengthy investigation and the sentence reflects the seriousness of his offending.
Detective Chief Superintendent Dean Haydon, of the Metropolitan police Trident gang crime command, said later: "I welcome the sentence today as this is the culmination of a complex and lengthy investigation and the sentence reflects the seriousness of his offending.
From the distance, a man screams as if he's being tortured: "I didn't even get a chance to hit it!" Welcome to Pinburgh, the largest-ever pinball tournament, the culmination and definitive proof of the hobby-sport's resurgence.
Welcome to the new world of voter suppression, the culmination of a sustained effort by mostly Republican state legislators to make it harder for Americans to exercise the most basic right afforded to citizens in a democracy.
Hello and good morning and Happy Easter to all of you who celebrate Easter (happy "have you noticed the strange prevalence of bunnies and marshmallow chicks lately" culmination day to the rest of you) and welcome to your Sunday Morning festival of snap judgments and quick reactions to the Sunday Morning Political Talk Shows stuffed into my TiVo.
Rather, it is based on the view that Mr Koizumi's victory is the culmination of a long period of incremental change, bringing welcome confirmation that that change is not likely to be reversed.Even after his landslide win, it is not inevitable that Mr Koizumi will get his way, for his party's rules stipulate that he will have merely a year as leader to exploit his new mandate.
It was the culmination of a long battle with other Highgate residents, who did not welcome such an ambitious project.
Still, the State Department on Saturday welcomed the naming of the interior minister and six other ministry chiefs as the culmination of the formation of an "inclusive" Iraqi cabinet.
