The ambassador said in the cable, dated March 2008, that King's proposals "were not casual ideas developed in the course of a luncheon conversation.
Mr. Van der Leun, who typically receives business proposals from more casual types, knew little of Enron's broader Internet strategy at the time.
Mr. Gross's lawyer, John F. Carman, said that when the judge met the "wealthy businessman," he hoped to court him for campaign donations, and agreed to silly proposals over long, casual conversations.
Meanwhile, many of the victors — having raised their voices against casual talk of sexual assault, proposals to ban an entire religion from entering the country, and mass deportations — will feel that they have rescued the country not just from bad policies but from fascism.
He said: "The casual, undemocratic way in which these proposals have been produced is completely inappropriate to the gravity of the matters it addresses.
Friday is the deadline for proposals to establish a casual restaurant and bar in the tavern space, just west of the Sheep Meadow, near 67th Street and Central Park West.
Many of the green paper proposals pose extra challenges for casual staff, as outlined in a recent article by Jess Patterson.
A Liberal Democrat peer, Lord Strasburger, described the proposals as a "honeypot for casual hackers, blackmailers, criminals large and small from around the world, and foreign states".
He has not said precisely what elements of New York's stop-and-frisk policy he would aim to export, or which versions of profiling he would favor, offering remarks in casual television interviews unaccompanied by more extensive proposals.
But confusion about the scope of communal living arrangements is possible, due to the casual way in which Socrates introduces this controversial proposal.
