1.   Wholehearted praise for the novel by the leading critics.

2.   Among the leading critics has been Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., and the original champion of the V-chip bill.

3.   A California appellate court says that a leading critic of the tobacco industry can continue to fight smoking from his perch as a University of California professor.

4.   A leading congressional critic of the United Nations, Helms has promised that he will scrutinize the Justice Department investigation to determine whether prosecutors had treated Holbrooke leniently.

5.   A leading critic of the Pataki plan scoffed at the poll.

6.   Buchanan announced that his campaign manager in Arizona will be Graham County Sheriff Richard Mack, a leading critic of federal gun-control laws.

7.   But at an all-day seminar on art from Eastern Europe that was held in Berlin recently, several leading critics and gallery owners rejected that view.

8.   But Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, a leading INS critic, has countered that illegal immigration remains a problem in the region.

9.   But some judges questioned whether Sentelle should have had any contact with a leading critic of Fiske while the judge was considering whether to replace Fiske with another prosecutor.

10.   By choosing Ford, Gore has named two leading critics of President Clinton to play prominent roles in the convention.