41.   Black lawmakers and church leaders criticized the government at the hearing for dragging its feet and failing to take the fires seriously.

42.   Bishop Rodrigues criticized the government for raising taxes, saying spending had to be cut.

43.   Advocates for the immigrants criticize the government for the harshness of their policies.

44.   Aleksandr I. Lebed is known in Russia as a grand hero of the war against Afghanistan and an anti-establishment general who has freely criticized the government of Boris Yeltsin.

45.   Brown had criticized county government for low police pay and inequitable funding of parkland.

46.   But he criticized the government for postponing most pension decisions until after the coming general elections.

47.   But homegrown artists have had to take part in a delicate balancing act, shedding light on social problems without directly criticizing the government.

48.   But in a move that stunned the technology industry, Judge Stanley Sporkin rejected the consent decree, criticizing the government for letting the software giant off the hook.

49.   But in return the president insisted that the Democratic Party promise not to criticize the government.

50.   But he has often criticized the government of Gen. Sani Abacha.