21.   MMS and the industry counter these criticisms.

22.   Norwegian negotiators have nonetheless been persistent in international forums, where they usually arrive with scientific studies to counter criticisms leveled at the meeting before.

23.   Officials tried to counter criticism that they were not doing enough.

24.   On Sunday, senior Bush administration officials sought to counter the criticism.

25.   Senior government officials say unusually detailed evidence is being presented partly to counter criticisms that Lee was singled out for prosecution.

26.   The announcement counters criticism from other online services that while Microsoft may build an online world it takes years to establish a community.

27.   The executive also sought to counter any criticism that Murdoch, with his remarks, had been seeking to affect the Time Warner stock price.

28.   The executive also sought to counter any criticism that, with his remarks, Murdoch had been seeking to affect the price of Time Warner stock.

29.   The modification was designed to counter criticism of the Clinton plan that it did not sufficiently take local opinions into account.

30.   The report counters criticisms made by Scientologists and by the United States State Department in its annual human rights report.