1.   The hierarchy, however, mounted stiff resistance and publicly denounced any attack on ecclesiastical privileges and property.

2.   German leaders denounced the attacks and pleaded for tolerance.

3.   As Haitian leaders and many other New Yorkers expressed revulsion, public officials from the mayor on down moved quickly to denounce the attack and promise swift justice.

4.   Both Hussein and Rabin angrily denounced the attacks as the acts of cowards.

5.   Both issued statements denouncing the attacks.

6.   Both NATO and the Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe, which is monitoring the conflict here, denounced the attack sharply.

7.   A few days later President Lyndon Johnson denounced the attack and promised to submit a federal voting rights bill to Congress.

8.   But Russian President Boris Yeltsin denounced the attacks, warning that they could shatter regional stability.

9.   But others warned against too hasty a response, one that might further alienate Arab allies that have denounced the attacks.

10.   But they fervently denounced attacks on the flag in South Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi as intended to eliminate Southern symbols from public view.