Heinz Galinski, a prominent German Jew, lamented in a radio interview that German leaders were debating the asylum issue rather than directly condemning violent attacks.

All of this drew direct criticism from the Vatican, even leading the Pope Pius IX to directly condemn the government of Colombia for its actions.

It was not until two weeks after the massacre that President Hosni Mubarak made his first remarks directly condemning what happened.

Moreover, between 1993 and 1995 the Security Council never directly condemned Israel.

"I have heard nothing from Kohl that clearly and directly condemns hatred of foreigners," Elie Weisel, the Nobel Peace laureate, asserted recently.

Still, it did not directly condemn the Soviet Union.

It omits almost all of the Vulgate's Lancelot Proper section, making it much shorter than its source, and directly condemns everything but the spiritual life.

The texts of Sacred Scripture never address the question of deliberate abortion and so do not directly and specifically condemn it.

His remarks were similar to an editorial in Pravda today that directly and harshly condemned the Georgian demonstrators.

Republicans acknowledged it was difficult to directly condemn Mr. Lieberman because of his reputation for moral rectitude.