Mr. Olmert has said he would like a statement of principles about the shape of a peace accord and a future Palestinian state.
In interviews, these officials, based in eight countries, including Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Italy and Jordan, said they had not seen a single solid piece of intelligence, like a statement of a Qaeda operative or an intercepted phone conversation, to back up the warnings.
At the time, though, Roosevelt's view that the "lack of honour of men in high financial places" was at the root of the trouble seemed like a statement of the obvious, rather than a political pose.
The newsletter advises using products with an expiration date, as well as some evidence of quality assurance, like a statement on the label that it meets quality and purity standards set by U.S. Pharmacopeia, a professional organization.
Summed up like that, the central message of a keenly awaited papal pronouncement on the social and economic woes of the world may sound like a statement of the obvious.But despite some lapses into trendy jargon, Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth), a 144-page encyclical issued by Pope Benedict XVI on July 7th, is certainly not a banal or trivial document.
John Legend's sixth studio album opens with a burst of impassioned singing that sounds remarkably like a statement of intent.
"I am wary of disasters that let themselves be recorded like a statement of accounts," he wrote.
These centers seemed like a statement of a different set of values, a demonstration of how a society can really reach out and care for families.
She talks about her strength to a degree that makes it sound less like a statement of fact than of wish-fulfillment.
