He has long derided it as a barrier to international competitiveness and rational business decision making.

He and his advisers have long derided nation-building and the advancement of human rights abroad.

Conservatives have long derided Social Security and Medicare as bordering on socialism.

But huge risks remain in a market that many analysts have long derided as a gambling den crowded with companies with suspect accounting.

Techies long derided America Online as a lowbrow medium.

Italian museums, long derided for shoddy lighting, indifferent guides and baffling hours, have undergone a major overhaul.

Analysts long derided Chiron as diffuse and unfocused and steered investors to companies with a simpler story.

Mr. Dole long derided that supply-side theory.

"It was a very useful analysis," said the Mayor, who has long derided what he sees as bloat at board headquarters at 110 Livingston Street.

The investigation blamed in part the F.B.I.'s computer systems, long derided by Congressional critics as antiquated and unwieldy.