Terming

But Noël Annan went a bit further in terming him a "cultural statesman": a concept with a trapdoor of absurdity built right into it. ❋ Unknown (2005)

These individuals have realized there is great power in terming themselves as "victims" and exploiting the empathy of our tolerant society for their own purpose. ❋ Unknown (1994)

As to the lady, Ms. Z, I don't recall terming her nasty. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To cite but two cases, Professor Christian Sigrist, an ethnologist at the University of Munster, faces termination (although he is tenured) for expressing views that are "contemptuous of the state and its organs" and using "extreme" language such as terming a police killing "murder." ❋ Oppenheimer, Martin (1977)

– The Board struck the word “democratic” from the description of the U.S. government, instead terming it a “constitutional republic.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

SCGOP spokesman Joel Sawyer flatly denied that Floyd had anything to do with the calls, terming such accusations “absolutely false.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

For large swaths of Australian industry, the result is a spot on the losing side of what locals are terming a two-speed economy. ❋ David Fickling (2011)

South Korea responded by demanding that Japan withdraw the boycott or face possible retaliation, terming it an unjustified sanction against a private company. ❋ Unknown (2011)

And most importantly, Someday repubs will regret terming it 'Obamacare'. ❋ Jonathan Capehart (2011)

The endorsements were noted in the Western press with little reference to Marchenko beyond terming him, according to the Wall Street Journal Europe, a "competent technocrat." ❋ Charles Becker (2011)

While Pakistan's foreign office, the embassy in Washington, D.C. and the National Assembly passed a unanimous resolution which "strongly condemned" the hearing by terming it "blatant interference" of the United States into its 'internal matters,' rogue intelligence agencies linked to the godlike military have chosen a ruthless path to vent retribution. ❋ Malik Siraj Akbar (2012)

The sad result of Bloomfield's decline into obscurity (a process that led to obituaries terming him a forgotten man even by the mid 1820s) has been a lack of scholarly editions of his work. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Perry also criticized Obama, terming the nation's army of unemployed a tragedy and calling new regulations introduced by the Obama administration job killers. ❋ Reuters (2011)

At the Bedford event, Perry raised eyebrows with comments on climate change, terming the issue "politicized" and "a scientific theory that still has not been proven." ❋ Reuters (2011)

North Korean media are terming the joint maneuver an open military threat and preparation for a nuclear attack on the country. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Beck feels no compunction in terming the president the leader of an "army of thugs" and comparing the country under his presidency to "the damn 'Planet of the Apes.'" ❋ Eric Alterman (2011)