21.   The strongest criticism came from the Communists, who saw the document as an act of subordination to Germany.

22.   They saved their strongest criticism for smugglers, many of them Bosnians, who bring food across the border without paying customs, and the government for tolerating them.

23.   The pontiff reserved his strongest criticism for those who attacked Catholics in Bosnia.

24.   The United States leveled its strongest criticism to date against Russia Wednesday, charging that Moscow had violated its commitments to European security in launching an assault into Chechnya.

25.   The United States leveled Wednesday its strongest criticism yet of Russia over Chechnya, charging Moscow broke commitments to European security with its assault into the secessionist republic.

26.   Sister Basilia, a member of the Order of Saint-Joseph, reserved her strongest criticism for the RPF.