51.   The vice-chairman of the Conservative Party, Patrick Nicholls, resigned under fire Wednesday over an article in which he launched scathing criticism of France and Germany.

52.   Mrs. Mandela managed last week to defuse a separate row with her husband sparked by her scathing criticism of the government at a public funeral.

53.   New York Times columnist Safire has subjected Singapore to scathing criticism in his writings.

54.   The deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, Patrick Nicholls, resigned under fire Wednesday over an article in which he launched scathing criticism of France and Germany.

55.   The news will heap further damage on a federation which in the past came under scathing criticism from rival nations who claimed the Chinese were involved in systematic doping.