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Yeah, and I can speak from immediate firsthand experience, that is very much in vogue now in the federal government to characterize opposition to same sex marriage and related issues as irrational prejudice at best and a potential hate crime at worse. – Matthew Kacsmaryk	Found on CNN 1 year ago
People are always looking for the smoking gun in these technologies, i characterize it much more as a loaded gun. – Rob Joyce	Found on CNN 1 year ago
When referring to human connection, the term frame describes the significance you assign to a given interaction and how you characterize what is happening.” – Josh King Madrid	added by JoshKingMadrid 1 year ago
The way I characterize it is, it's not shaped like a regular glass, it's shaped like a martini glass. – Kristen Averyst	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The President may choose to characterize protests, riots, and incitements of violence as mere passion, but these attempts to influence and intimidate members of the federal judiciary are an affront to judicial independence. – Chuck Grassley	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Thank you for talking with Sean Hannity in the first interview since Election Day, mr President, you've said many times that This Election was rigged, that there was much fraud. And the facts are on your side. Let's start there. Please go through the facts. Characterize what took place. – Maria Bartiromo	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We would like to characterize how life reclaims this environment, a main hypothesis from our study is that life in Costa Rica Poás volcano is able to survive on the fringes during these extreme environments. So we'd love to sample not only the crater lake but the shore line, connected groundwater systems, and anywhere where life might be harbored nearby. – Geoffroy Avard	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If we're looking into neurological causes for the gait change, I don't think the way they characterize that in the physical is sufficient, i want more information. I want to know what the MRIs show, and I want to know what the nerve conduction EMG shows to rule out things that are more extensive, that by the way, can be associated with cognitive changes like mental status, like dementia. – Marc Siegel	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I don't think I would characterize it so much as a third party as a coalition. I don't think a third party necessarily works in the kind of political system we have with a single member districts, but there is a need for people who have a conservative to moderate point-of-view and want to believe in the rule of law and they need a place to go and a place where they can organize and support candidates that are consistent with that. – George Conway	Found on CNN 2 years ago
He did n’t want to talk on camera, i can tell ya, I characterize Aaron as disappointed that news has come out of this rift with the Packers. He expressed a couple of times how much he loves Green Bay, loves the fans, loves the franchise. There is a chasm between management and the reigning NFL MVP. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP. – Mike Tirico	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think it's a stretch to call this an antitrust problem, and giving people more than six months notice of a future price increase isn't the sort of conduct we usually characterize as an abuse of power. – Avery Gardiner	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Over the past few years, we've passed the affordability threshold, with the loss of the ability to comfortably use all the amenities that characterize living in a city -- restaurants, retail, bars, all the cultural events that were at your beck and call as a resident of Manhattan -- people are questioning it. Those were the salve on affordability. – Jonathan Miller	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I wouldn't characterize them as knowing each other, we did all work together at the club at different points of time, certainly on Tuesday nights on and off. We were all working on the same team. – Maya Santamaria	Found on CNN 3 years ago
This isn't what a lot of people would characterize as gas station food. – Darren Rebelez	Found on CNN 4 years ago
For anyone to characterize the fact that the President is taking care to make sure our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines are safe as somehow being a greenlight for a massacre is irresponsible and doesn't comport with the reality of the situation. – United States	Found on CNN 4 years ago
There is now a catalog that stores the locations, sizes and times of millions of past earthquakes, it is quite straightforward to characterize the statistical behavior of these events. – Thomas Heaton	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I think the best way to characterize MUFON is to say that its a broad church. – Nick Pope	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I think by taking the meeting, and I don't think you need a lot of training for this, by taking the meeting, you've made yourself beholden to Putin in terms of however Donald Trump wants to characterize it down the road, so that even if nothing inappropriate happens at the meeting, you have that vulnerability as well. – Andrew McCarthy	Found on CNN 4 years ago
From our standpoint we wouldn't characterize Tesla as having a robust liquidity position by any means, but it's less tenuous than it was six to nine months ago. – Bruce Clark	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I was hoping we could characterize what the chain of volcanoes would look like, what the rift zones would look like and then we were like, Well, I dont think theyre going to be there. – Paul Byrne	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Mr. President -- Mr. President, please don't characterize the strength that I bring to this meeting as the leader of the House Democrats, who just won a big victory. – Nancy Pelosi	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Ron DeSantis was obviously talking about Florida not making the wrong decision to embrace the socialist policies that Andrew Gillum espouses. To characterize it as anything else is absurd. – Stephen Lawson	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Ron DeSantis was obviously talking about Florida not making the wrong decision to embrace the socialist policies that Andrew Gillum espouses. To characterize it as anything else is absurd, florida's economy has been on the move for the last eight years and the last thing we need is a far-left democrat trying to stop our success. – Stephen Lawson	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I guarantee you Putin will ask if we can stop NATO exercises, which he likely will characterize as provocative and expensive. – Barry Pavel	Found on CNN 5 years ago

Yeah, and I can speak from immediate firsthand experience, that is very much in vogue now in the federal government to characterize opposition to same sex marriage and related issues as irrational prejudice at best and a potential hate crime at worse.

– Matthew Kacsmaryk

Found on CNN
1 year ago

People are always looking for the smoking gun in these technologies, i characterize it much more as a loaded gun.

– Rob Joyce

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When referring to human connection, the term frame describes the significance you assign to a given interaction and how you characterize what is happening.”

– Josh King Madrid

added by JoshKingMadrid
1 year ago

The way I characterize it is, it's not shaped like a regular glass, it's shaped like a martini glass.

– Kristen Averyst

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The President may choose to characterize protests, riots, and incitements of violence as mere passion, but these attempts to influence and intimidate members of the federal judiciary are an affront to judicial independence.

– Chuck Grassley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Thank you for talking with Sean Hannity in the first interview since Election Day, mr President, you've said many times that This Election was rigged, that there was much fraud. And the facts are on your side. Let's start there. Please go through the facts. Characterize what took place.

– Maria Bartiromo

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We would like to characterize how life reclaims this environment, a main hypothesis from our study is that life in Costa Rica Poás volcano is able to survive on the fringes during these extreme environments. So we'd love to sample not only the crater lake but the shore line, connected groundwater systems, and anywhere where life might be harbored nearby.

– Geoffroy Avard

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If we're looking into neurological causes for the gait change, I don't think the way they characterize that in the physical is sufficient, i want more information. I want to know what the MRIs show, and I want to know what the nerve conduction EMG shows to rule out things that are more extensive, that by the way, can be associated with cognitive changes like mental status, like dementia.

– Marc Siegel

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I don't think I would characterize it so much as a third party as a coalition. I don't think a third party necessarily works in the kind of political system we have with a single member districts, but there is a need for people who have a conservative to moderate point-of-view and want to believe in the rule of law and they need a place to go and a place where they can organize and support candidates that are consistent with that.

– George Conway

Found on CNN
2 years ago

He did n’t want to talk on camera, i can tell ya, I characterize Aaron as disappointed that news has come out of this rift with the Packers. He expressed a couple of times how much he loves Green Bay, loves the fans, loves the franchise. There is a chasm between management and the reigning NFL MVP. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP.

– Mike Tirico

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think it's a stretch to call this an antitrust problem, and giving people more than six months notice of a future price increase isn't the sort of conduct we usually characterize as an abuse of power.

– Avery Gardiner

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Over the past few years, we've passed the affordability threshold, with the loss of the ability to comfortably use all the amenities that characterize living in a city -- restaurants, retail, bars, all the cultural events that were at your beck and call as a resident of Manhattan -- people are questioning it. Those were the salve on affordability.

– Jonathan Miller

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I wouldn't characterize them as knowing each other, we did all work together at the club at different points of time, certainly on Tuesday nights on and off. We were all working on the same team.

– Maya Santamaria

Found on CNN
3 years ago

This isn't what a lot of people would characterize as gas station food.

– Darren Rebelez

Found on CNN
4 years ago

For anyone to characterize the fact that the President is taking care to make sure our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines are safe as somehow being a greenlight for a massacre is irresponsible and doesn't comport with the reality of the situation.

– United States

Found on CNN
4 years ago

There is now a catalog that stores the locations, sizes and times of millions of past earthquakes, it is quite straightforward to characterize the statistical behavior of these events.

– Thomas Heaton

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I think the best way to characterize MUFON is to say that its a broad church.

– Nick Pope

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I think by taking the meeting, and I don't think you need a lot of training for this, by taking the meeting, you've made yourself beholden to Putin in terms of however Donald Trump wants to characterize it down the road, so that even if nothing inappropriate happens at the meeting, you have that vulnerability as well.

– Andrew McCarthy

Found on CNN
4 years ago

From our standpoint we wouldn't characterize Tesla as having a robust liquidity position by any means, but it's less tenuous than it was six to nine months ago.

– Bruce Clark

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I was hoping we could characterize what the chain of volcanoes would look like, what the rift zones would look like and then we were like, Well, I dont think theyre going to be there.

– Paul Byrne

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Mr. President -- Mr. President, please don't characterize the strength that I bring to this meeting as the leader of the House Democrats, who just won a big victory.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Ron DeSantis was obviously talking about Florida not making the wrong decision to embrace the socialist policies that Andrew Gillum espouses. To characterize it as anything else is absurd.

– Stephen Lawson

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Ron DeSantis was obviously talking about Florida not making the wrong decision to embrace the socialist policies that Andrew Gillum espouses. To characterize it as anything else is absurd, florida's economy has been on the move for the last eight years and the last thing we need is a far-left democrat trying to stop our success.

– Stephen Lawson

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I guarantee you Putin will ask if we can stop NATO exercises, which he likely will characterize as provocative and expensive.

– Barry Pavel

Found on CNN
5 years ago

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