1.   The totals had been disclosed at a time when local authorities and others were being subjected to curbs for alleged lack of efficiency.

2.   Critics sometimes challenged his scholarship for its alleged lack of rigor.

3.   He also criticized an alleged lack of support from the Los Angeles Police Department and other local law enforcement agencies.

4.   King also criticized an alleged lack of support from the Los Angeles Police Department and other local law enforcement agencies.

5.   One ad quotes former Gov. George Deukmejian, a Republican, attacking Riordan for alleged lack of character.

6.   Some community activists have criticized the bank in the past for its lending practices and alleged lack of concern for underserved neighborhoods.

7.   The agreement averts a threatened suspension in the exports after Chilean cattle ranchers initiated court proceedings over alleged lack of controls on Argentine beef.

8.   The directors are under fire from investors for an alleged lack of independence and bungled handling of a Justice Department investigation into price-fixing.

9.   Both French and Italian authorities have been criticized for an alleged lack of coordination in their efforts to rescue trapped drivers.

10.   Both French and Italian authorities have been criticized for an alleged lack of coordination in their efforts to rescue trapped travelers from the inferno and slow reaction times.