1.   Although China and Russia condemned the strike, France muted its criticism Thursday.

2.   And while some critics continued to grumble that this was still unfair to the Haitians, the criticism was muted.

3.   As long as the sport was growing and money was flowing in, criticism was muted.

4.   Because NASCAR officials so tightly control their sport, insider criticism is muted, and then usually from the most secure drivers, owners and crew chiefs.

5.   Between them, they have dominated news coverage in recent weeks and muted criticism of the government.

6.   But for now the criticism is relatively muted, with most educators offering praise.

7.   But in China, he laid out various initiatives Jiang could take to make the meeting more successful by attracting fewer protesters and muting congressional criticism.

8.   But lately mutual criticisms have been muted.

9.   He accused Gore of hypocrisy over his appearance at a Hollywood fund-raiser at which he muted his criticism of the entertainment industry.

10.   He bolted the White Sox after the new owners wanted to mute his criticism and move the games to pay-per-view.