1.   Triana has been derided by Republican critics, and its political pedigree is unusual for a scientific instrument.

2.   Among other things, Republican critics want the IMF to end to subsidized interest rates and set a one-year limit on all loans.

3.   As a matter of style, her stern demeanor served her well on Wednesday when she confronted Republican critics on the House Judiciary Committee.

4.   At the time, many Republican critics feared that it would lead to more Democrats on the voting rolls.

5.   A Republican critic, Arianna Huffington, was more pointed, saying that Gingrich sharpened his tone in response to polls that showed a depressed Republican base.

6.   But despite his repeated apologies, Republican critics charge that Clinton has never fully admitted the extent of his wrongdoing.

7.   But midnight basketball was the particular target of Republican critics who said anti-crime spending should focus on prisons rather than prevention.

8.   But Republican critics say that officials in the Clinton administration adopted a more freewheeling approach to exporting satellites.

9.   But Republican critics said the proposal was an inappropriate expansion of the federal role into an area that has always been a local concern.

10.   But the most important Republican critic of the ban, Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina, pointedly stayed away from the meeting.