And the laughter that results is commonly and properly characterized (never better than by Agee himself) as helpless.

Characteristically, the curare was obtained from the one source where the material obtained might be properly characterized, the laboratory of Henry Dale.

Hillel Meyers, Metairie Corp. president, acknowledged to state officials in a May 2005 letter that "the property may be properly characterized as 'distressed.'"

"The concern we have is that the data that is in there, if it is not accurate and properly characterized, can mislead and misinform the public."

Mr. Bentsen said it was properly characterized as a spending cut because Social Security benefits would, in effect, be taken back by the Government.

The article then concluded that all religious believers, who were reportedly properly characterized in this fashion, are malicious enemies of all living things.

Earlier President Sloan had properly characterized these efforts as 'intellectual McCarthyism.'

"Because it wasn't any of the things that you specifically can't do, it was more properly characterized as a generic commercial use," he said.

Thus, the question of whether an organized blockade of abortion clinics is properly characterized as an act of discrimination is central to the outcome of the case.

These special procedures tend to focus on issues of minor complexity, and can be properly characterized as "highly summarized proceedings."