31.   German officials criticized the move by UPS and FedEx as a legal ploy and accused U.S. firms of protectionism.

32.   Harvard officials criticized Mansfield for making an incendiary statement he could not prove.

33.   In January, one former tribal official criticized the deals made by Sturges and Harris as being too favorable to Trading Cove.

34.   In their conference papers, the officials criticized the Democratic Alliance, the white party that fell apart last month after its leaders clashed.

35.   Interior Ministry officials criticized the television network for not alerting officials earlier.

36.   Insurance industry officials have long criticized the commission for spending too much money on itself, a charge that Eagleburger acknowledged was true in part.

37.   It was the first time since the handover that a mainland official had criticized news coverage in Hong Kong.

38.   It will be a tough sell, given that the intervention has been deplored by investors and criticized by officials like Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman.

39.   Japanese officials Friday sharply criticized a plan by the U.S. Postal Service to issue a commemorative stamp depicting the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

40.   Medical center officials criticized the strikers for leaving the hospitals with smaller staffs for a day.