Vivaldi's "Orribile lo scempio," yet another antiwar jeremiad, affords the baritone an opportunity for vocal gymnastics, which he gleefully seizes.

Civil rights advocates gleefully seized on Ms. Rice's statement as evidence that black government officials close to Mr. Bush are uncomfortable with his stance on affirmative action.

Some long-time haters, like Mike Lopez, an East Bridgewater plumber, gleefully seize on the Thomas episode as evidence that "he's all washed up."

Instead of commending Freitas for his good-citizen efforts, Cianci gleefully seized on a police report that Freitas had threatened a neighbor in a parking lot.

Republicans today gleefully seized on one aspect of the Democratic plan: the fact that it included higher taxes.

Mr. Yeltsin's political opponents gleefully seized on all these arguments, making a political banner out of the South Kuriles.

Mr. Schumer's campaign seized gleefully on the incident.

The politicians who seized so gleefully on the study's conclusions have no interest in fairer economic treatment for either group.

Al Gore seized on the study gleefully, denouncing "illusory test scores that might elevate the reputations of politicians."

The president gleefully seized on the remark as evidence that his opponent agrees that he was right "to go into Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein from power."