1.   Westerners often decry human rights conditions in China, citing political restrictions on writers and intellectuals in the large cities.

2.   Eleanor Roosevelt went before Congress to decry the conditions of Washington public schools and hospitals.

3.   The Franciscans, who have pledged not to leave the shrine, decried conditions inside the complex.

4.   While human rights monitors have decried the conditions at Camp X-ray, concerns about long-term use of the base have been muted.