91.   Human rights groups have accused authorities of fabricating the charges to smear democracy campaigners and deflect international criticism of the crackdown.

92.   It said the U.N. offer was intended to deflect criticism by Iraq and other countries that the sanctions were causing Iraqis undue hardship.

93.   Knight deflected the criticism, saying Greenpeace had only found three relevant areas of complaint.

94.   La Russa tried to deflect criticism of Ankiel.

95.   Meanwhile, King has deflected criticism that followed a report in The Philadelphia Inquirer saying he requested relief from city and state taxes.

96.   Mr Lee also deflected criticism that he was too close to Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa.

97.   On a three-day mission to improve his West Coast political prospects, Bush tried to deflect the criticism by calling for an end to their feuding.

98.   Oakley criticized his teammate Tuesday, saying Carter should stop trying to deflect criticism away from himself and onto the team as a whole.

99.   Rights groups have accused authorities of fabricating the charges to smear democracy campaigners and deflect international criticism of their crackdown on dissent.

100.   President Bush promised new technological initiatives on global warming Monday, working to deflect international criticism ahead of a trip to Europe.