61.   While some critics dismissed his flat, two-dimensional figures as the work of a primitive, the formally trained artist did taste success.

62.   Critics have dismissed the decree as a government ploy to halt corruption investigations already under way.

63.   Critics have dismissed this platform, particularly the job-creation plan, as unworkable and likely to inflate the already massive budget deficit.

64.   President Suharto on Tuesday inaugurated a giant statue of Jesus Christ in predominately Catholic East Timor in what critics have dismissed as a futile political gesture.

65.   The Hurriyat has declined to give any timeframe for holding the elections, and critics have dismissed the election commission as a gimmick.