21.  Media General also has instituted companywide hiring freezes for all but critical positions, said J. Stewart Bryan, company chairman and chief executive.

22.  One of the victims is in critical position, embassy officials said.

23.  Only critical positions will be filled there.

24.  Berezovsky went into self-imposed exile last year, accusing Putin of conducting a political vendetta against him because of his critical positions.

25.  Richardson repeated the US position critical of Israel for deciding to build the Har Homa settlement in east Jerusalem which sparked international outrage.

26.  The most closely watched changes were in the critical positions of interior and finance minister.