111.   The major change was to grant some benefits to siblings, an addition some say was meant to deflect conservative criticism.

112.   The move appeared aimed at deflecting criticism by the United States that the Russian sale of missiles to Cyprus will aggravate the conflict.

113.   The public spending was highly unpopular, and Kubo sought to deflect criticism by calling on bank presidents to resign.

114.   The stock offering is part of an attempt by Berlusconi to deflect sharp criticism about conflict of interests between his political aspirations and the control of three television networks.

115.   Trying to deflect criticism, Netanyahu attacked his opponents and warned the Palestinians in his speech.

116.   Turkey also sought to deflect criticism over its treatment of Ocalan.

117.   Gingrich tried to deflect criticism from his own party Tuesday by saying he did not mean to abandon tax cuts.

118.   In an apparent attempt to deflect the criticism, Chirac on Thursday offered the French nuclear deterrent to the European Union for a future EU defence force.

119.   Clinton tried to deflect implicit criticism of Netanyahu at the recent Group of Seven industrialized nations summit, which also was attended by Russia.

120.   The opposition accused the ruling camp of trying to cover up high-level collusion and dragging opposition lawmakers into the scandal to deflect criticism away from the ruling party.