31.   It breeds cooperation and competition among schools, answering some critics of public education.

32.   It may also answer some critics who have said the West End version was more impressive than its New York incarnation.

33.   It was particularly hard to separate sarcasm from ego when the Williams sisters coyly answered their critics.

34.   Joel R. Kramer, the publisher of The Minneapolis Star Tribune, would like to answer his critics.

35.   Last fall, Emory officials took the unusual step of asking Bellesiles, a tenured history professor, to answer his critics.

36.   Just like the Lakers, the Sonics have spent much of the season answering critics.

37.   Meanwhile, IMF officials are starting to answer their critics.

38.   On a day that took him from Berlin to Moscow, Bush also tries to answer critics of his expanding war on terror.

39.   On his latest swing to sell his ambitious plan, the president appeared intent on answering his critics in Congress and the health care industry.

40.   Paz and McConnell said their only regrets are over not having been allowed to answer their critics.