Some of the most influential and biting criticism has come from the Getty Center for Education in the Arts in Santa Monica, Calif.

The report's most biting criticism is the conclusion that "the N.Y.P.D.'s data strongly suggests that racial profiling plays some role in the stop-and-frisk practices of the overall department."

Or - and this is my theory - are they sarcastic and biting criticisms on existence, illustrations of the First Noble Truth; "reasons," as it were, for the apotheosis of annihilation?

Perhaps the most biting criticism comes from people who hate zoos, Bill Conway's lifelong passion.

Since chartering a large jet to tour another continent is not something done by most citizens, the most biting criticism is often reserved for trips that resemble those taken by a normal person.

But she made it clear that her biting criticisms were directed at the expected Republican presidential nominee, who appeared at the convention on Monday.

Questions Rival's Understanding The Republican nominee's most biting criticism came as he suggested that Mr. Dukakis's policies were a threat to peace.

Merkel's volte-face on Friday earned her biting criticism in the weekend media.

In his most biting criticism, Mr. Proesch called Dr. Davies, former supervisor of the Albany County Coroner's office, "a professional testimony-giver and defense-creator."

His sharp and biting criticism was always framed in a positivist worldview, in which gradual and reasonable development, also with regard to the colonial relationship, remained paramount.