But diplomats said the general's statements, while sharp, did not mark a decisive shift in policy.

The statements marked a sharp change of tone.

Such statements may not yet mark the end of the peace process, though they testify to the progress the terrorists have made toward that goal.

This statement marked the only time Friedrich recorded a detailed interpretation of his own work.

Subsequent forecasts and statements marked with increasing certainty the ominous nature of the events to come.

But today's statement marked the first time the party leadership had directly denounced the Baltic states for the stepped-up independence campaign.

The statement marked a break with the military's traditional distance from political affairs.

The statement marked a decisive split between the country's two most senior leaders.

"I think their recent public statements mark it as a (temporary) end for the band, not the video itself," he says.

His statement marked the irony about the beauty of the landscape and the horrors that took place within the camp.