1.   Annan, driven by what his staff described as frustration and horror over the mounting bloodshed, delivered an unusually harsh critique.

2.   At the hearing, the General Accounting Office, the investigatory arm of Congress, released yet another harsh critique of bookkeeping in the Pentagon.

3.   After visiting the city, civil rights leader Jesse Jackson backed off what initially was a harsh critique.

4.   Earlier Thursday, during a breakfast with reporters, Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe gave yet another of his harsh critiques of the Bush administration.

5.   Last year there were similar harsh critiques of his play.

6.   Often, in essays or in interviews, he delivered a harsh critique of Venezuela.

7.   Rodman also delivered a harsh critique of the Celtics, who beat Chicago in the season opener.

8.   Senior Palestinian officials bristled at a harsh critique of Arafat that President Bush made in Texas on Friday.

9.   Senior Palestinian officials bristled Saturday at a harsh critique of Arafat that President Bush made in Texas on Friday.