71.   Koizumi, who is planning to visit Washington next Tuesday, is trying to avoid such criticism this time.

72.   Lazio repeated Thursday that he is not considering resigning from the House to avoid criticism on future votes he might miss while campaigning.

73.   Russia and some other countries have run up large debts but avoided criticism because unlike the United States, they have submitted repayment plans and stuck to them.

74.   The Buganda Kingdom is hoping to avoid similar criticism with a gender-neutral approach to virginity and a nod toward contemporary mores.

75.   The chastisement of a neighboring country is unusual in Southeast Asia, where governments customarily avoid mutual criticisms.

76.   The higher number of missing announced Thursday raised outcries of incompetence and charges that the city had tried to hide the extent of human losses and avoid criticism.

77.   The message, couched in diplomatic terms, avoided explicit criticism of the United States by name.

78.   The New York-based Human Rights Watch alleges that the decree was issued only to avoid international criticism, and cited refugees who said the practice still persisted.

79.   The report accused Chinese authorities of using criminal charges against religious leaders to avoid criticism about damaging freedom of worship.

80.   The smiling foreign minister, speaking in Russian, avoided criticism of the Bush administration or pointed references to disagreements that have roiled relations between Washington and Moscow.