51.   Critics have dismissed the process as a sham.

52.   Critics dismissed the entire process as a sham.

53.   Critics have dismissed the process as a sham and undemocratic.

54.   Estrada, a former popular movie actor, was at one point dismissed by critics as a buffoon due to his lack of knowledge of the economy.

55.   Estrada, a former popular movie actor, was at one point dismissed by critics as a buffoon with little knowledge of the economy.

56.   Habibie, once a close ally of Suharto, ordered a corruption investigation of Suharto but critics have dismissed it as cosmetic.

57.   Instead, his critics dismiss him a brash opportunist and rabble-rouser.

58.   Opposition critics dismissed the new rules as an attempt to divert attention from the millions in federal advertising and sponsorship dollars that have flowed to Liberal-friendly firms.

59.   Several critics have dismissed the young writers for accomplishing nothing of note, and accused them of toying with the meaning of experimentation.

60.   Some critics have dismissed Celebration as a sterile, escapist fantasyland.