"I guess you could characterize it as light," he said.
"But I don't think you could characterize that as a setback.
"If one could characterize the war in one phrase, this is an un-American war," he declares.
So you could characterize it as either being brazen or being foolhardy.
"Fanta is not what I could characterize as a Hispanic brand, but the spirit of Fanta emanated from the sunny, warm tropical places of the world".
"I could characterize him" — Tourre — "as somewhat of a scapegoat," one of the jurors told the Times after the verdict was issued.
"I think you could characterize today as a very sad day," the lead prosecutor, Ama Dwimoh, said after the day's session.
"Prior to this, you could characterize KaZaA as a beleaguered company on the outskirts," said Mark F. Radcliffe, an intellectual property laywer in Palo Alto, Calif.
— If Cliff Lee could characterize himself, he said on Sunday, he would use the words extremely competitive.
After reflecting on Mr. Tourre's case, Beverly Rhett, a former special education teacher known as juror No. 2, commented: "I could characterize him as somewhat of a scapegoat".
Even Ms. Rhett, the juror, after reflecting on Mr. Tourre's case, said, "I could characterize him as somewhat of a scapegoat".
