They were his cartoons, and he characterized their appeal as "smile humor," as opposed to "laugh out loud" humor.
Mr. Eran said there was a "growing understanding" on the issues involved, and he characterized the talks as frank.
He said he had not donated to the Police Foundation, and he characterized the pressure for donations as "subtle".
And he characterized as "more destructive than constructive" proposals by some of the agency's Congressional critics to separate the F.D.A.'s drug approval and drug safety functions.
Mr. Miller said there were no disagreements with KPMG over any numbers or accounting issues, and he characterized the financial results reported Thursday night as good.
Mr. McElroy said the recent accusations, if true, transcended any definition of hazing, and he characterized them as "vicious criminal acts".
Phillips said the Mets would probably not make a major move before the deadline, and he characterized that to mean a trade of an established, everyday player.
Last week, Mr. Paterson said there had never been a judicial finding that Mr. Johnson had been violent with women, and he characterized the Oct. 31 episode as a "bad breakup".
"Governor Romney revealed his character when he thought no one was looking, and he characterized 47 percent of the American people as, quote, unwilling to take responsibility for their own lives," Mr. Biden said.
He has criticized Mr. Obama's "Where's Waldo economy," for example, suggesting that the president has been an absent leader on the biggest issue facing the country, and he characterized the country's economic condition as the "Obama Great Recession".
