11.   Both Bronfman and Redstone described the meeting as extremely amicable.

12.   Both described the meeting as rational and calm, if ultimately unfruitful.

13.   Both men described the meeting as extremely amicable.

14.   A Parker Center official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, described the meeting as tense.

15.   According to that memo, Steiner described a meeting he had with Gadhafi in the Libyan capital of Tripoli two weeks earlier.

16.   Afterward the three described their meeting as a first step toward a solution.

17.   Bush and his aides described the meeting with Abdullah as warm and personal and said the two leaders spoke about family and faith.

18.   But it has described the meetings as crucial to its efforts to broaden support for overthrowing a regime actively opposed by three administrations.

19.   But the meeting Thursday was described as the first time senior executives from the bailout firms gathered to get a firsthand briefing about its performance.

20.   Cleaver described the meeting as cordial but said he made little headway on the issue of how the company treats its minority customers.