1.  But political strategists who specialize in use of the Internet denounce that practice.

2.  Civil-rights organizations, such as the NAACP and the local Urban League, have denounced the practice, saying it is inhumane.

3.  E-mail marketing is booming despite complaints from some computer users and privacy advocates who denounce the practice as disseminating spam, or unwanted e-mail.

4.  Filmmakers like Scorsese and Allen rose as one to denounce the practice, and they now appear to have won.

5.  Joe Garagiola sat in the American League dugout before the Old-Timers game catching up with friends and handing out pamphlets denouncing the practice of chewing tobacco.

6.  Police officials have denounced the practice.

7.  Privacy advocates denounce the practice, saying that it gives companies too much information about individuals.

8.  Some civil-rights groups have denounced the practice, saying that it is inhumane.

9.  They also saw an advocate in President Bush, who denounced the practice on the campaign trail.

10.  Amnesty International and other human rights groups have denounced that practice as undemocratic.