The new faces included Tory Jesse Norman, who tweeted: A day of joy on the Welsh Grand Committee re: tax devolution for Wales.

BBC: Today's big story at Westminster: the Welsh Grand

Tottenham fans deserted Wembley in droves instantly - this was a day of joy for Grant and his players, who mixed desire, determination and occasionally desperation to record a landmark triumph.

BBC: Sport - Football - Tottenham 0-2 Portsmouth (aet)

Jelavic finally got the move he wanted and, in a day of double joy for the player, he was named in Croatia coach Slaven Bilic's 23-man squad for the Euro 2012 Group F qualifiers against Latvia in Riga on 3 September and Greece in Zagreb four days later.

BBC: Rangers sign Rapid Vienna's Nikica Jelavic for ?4m

It was light at the end of a draining day, more like relief than joy.

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Just getting all the parts to work together seems overwhelming indeed, it did overwhelm British Airways last month at Heathrow, outside London, when Terminal 5, an eight-billion-dollar structure that was supposed to transform Heathrow from a congested tangle into a place that would thrill passengers with the joy of air travel, all but shut down on its opening day, when a computerized baggage system malfunctioned.

NEWYORKER: Situation Terminal

"I don't know how to explain what it was like to run my business, the joy of every day, " she told Vanity Fair magazine in a story in 2003.

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