Christie used the words ludicrous and dumb to describe the coach's comments.

Listeners described his comments in the meeting, which was closed to reporters, as welcoming and inspirational.

He described Mr. Doctorow's comments as "a shotgun series of accusations."

Williams described his comments as "stupid" and not racist and later apologized.

The Spanish word hocico means snout, and is used in Mexico as a disrespectful way to describe someone's comments coming out of their mouth.

Describing his previous comments on the subject as "poetry," he turned aside questions about the exchange rate.

She later described Sanchez's comments as unfortunate.

Howlin apologised and described his original comments as "cack-handed".

Unsigned e-mail describing an agency's comments will not be printed in the issued report.

The French government describes his comments as unacceptable.