21.   Critics blast the plan as detrimental to the game, and say it would deprive fans of watching upstarts oust their elders.

22.   Critics have long blasted it as taxpayer-funded insurance for wealthy oceanfront property owners.

23.   Critics blast Superfund for its reliance on litigation to recover cleanup costs.

24.   Critics blasted the report.

25.   Critics immediately blasted the findings and noted that several senior members of the review team have worked for the Clinton administration and federal agencies in several administrations.

26.   Critics blasted the deal, saying it promised unfairly high profits to NRG and would lead to sharply higher electricity prices.

27.   Critics have blasted the military for sending young, inexperienced conscripts to the war.

28.   In the ensuing week, critics have blasted the show as tasteless and demeaning.

29.   While foreign observers praised the reformers, critics at home blasted them for being callous and cocky.

30.   Critics blasted EDF for its aggressive expansion strategy abroad while continuing fiercely to protect its quasi-monopoly at home from outside competition.