1.   Alan Davidson, staff counsel for the Center for Democracy and Technology, and a staunch critic of encryption controls, agreed that the new plan is good news.

2.   But even staunch Microsoft critics say it will remain a major corporate power for years to come.

3.   His challenger is Charles Schumer, a nine-term House member who has been a staunch critic of Gingrich and the National Rifle Association.

4.   Joseph diGenova, a former prosecutor in Washington and staunch critic of the president, agreed.

5.   Led by the Rev. Donald Wildman, a staunch critic of primetime TV fare, the group has organized several boycotts against companies advertising on shows it finds objectionable.

6.   Silber and other staunch critics of bilingual education said children languish for years in segregated classrooms without learning English quickly enough.

7.   The fact that he has joined forces with a staunch Kremlin critic like Yavlinsky shows just how isolated the deeply unpopular Yeltsin and his inner circle have become.

8.   Vladimir Lukin, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, a staunch critic of NATO expansion and a member of the liberal Yabloko party, also praised the agreement.

9.   But retired army Gen. Daniel Mora, a staunch Fujimori critic, said the law was designed just for that reason.

10.   Kostunica is a staunch critic of the tribunal based in The Hague, Netherlands.