Several lawmakers characterized the issue as something of a litmus test for Mr. Bush.
This is how a consortium of opponents, including Shiva, characterized the issue in a position paper titled "Reckless Driving: Gene Drives and the End of Nature": Imagine that by releasing a single fly into the wild you could genetically alter all the flies on the planet — causing them all to turn yellow, carry a toxin, or go extinct.
"I think Dr. Ryan characterized the issues Wyoming is facing fairly accurately," he said.
He added, "There are alternatives to Universal Grammar, and the fact that NPR" — Nevins, Pesetsky, and Rodrigues — "insist on characterizing the issue as though there were no alternatives, although typical, is either ignorant or purposely misleading".
Wojcicki characterizes the issue with the FDA as part of an ongoing process to clarify how their service is classified, which explores "new territory" for both parties.
On Arment's blog, he characterizes the issue as one where iOS apps crash as soon as they are opened, without even showing the splash screen beforehand.
However, this way of classifying the disputants, and of characterizing the issue itself, is meant to be suggestive rather than definitive.
It would thus be more accurate to characterize the issue of both theoretical and practical reason as attitudes; the difference is that theoretical reasoning leads to modifications of our beliefs, whereas practical reasoning leads to modifications of our intentions (Harman 1986, Bratman 1987).
All cited characterize the issue as one of free speech.
Pro-Citizens United attorney's Jim Bopp (who also represented the Republican National Committee's governors conference) and Ted Olson (who also represented Koch Industries) try to characterize the issue as one of free speech.
An Interior Ministry official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak about the issue, characterized the publication of the ministry's final approval of the Gilo units as "just a procedure".
