Mr. Shattuck described Mr. Milosevic's statement as "constructive."

He reversed his boycott call a week later, describing his statement as "a bit hasty".

Craig Wright, chief economist at the Royal Bank of Canada, described today's statement by the central bank as "a little more hawkish" than in the recent past.

And this time, a senior aide described her statement as a policy "clarification."

A senior Administration official in Washington described Ms. Bhutto's statement as "not very helpful."

Indeed, that paper described his statement Thursday, in which he berated Congress for vacillation over Nicaragua, as "a virtuoso tour de force."

Shultz used the words "unequivocal and unambiguous" to describe Shevardnadze's statement.

Patiño described the British government's statement as "a clear breach of international law and the protocols set out in the Vienna Convention."

In 2006, the NBC news program Dateline described his statement as "a high-ranking Vatican Cardinal called for a boycott of the film."