1.   Chris Dudley, sounding exhausted and relieved at the same time, may have summed up the situation best.

2.   Republicans, in turn, sounded more exhausted than exuberant.

3.   Several hours after a somewhat disjointed speech to the Legislature, he sounded exhausted as he drew just a score of firefighters and others to a firehouse in Goffstown.

4.   On Wednesday, Fujimori sounded exhausted as he spoke to reporters at the palace about his plan to leave office in July, four years ahead of schedule.