Chinese young people are not naïve about America and they often make pointed criticisms.

The most pointed criticisms, however, have been directed against the two national television networks.

Even Republicans joined in, offering pointed criticisms of the administration's performance.

The government was also the target of increasingly pointed criticism from the international community for its failure to end the conflict.

Mr. Tenet came in for some of the most pointed criticism.

She has been the object of Auriemma's most pointed criticism.

The mayor also made a small but pointed criticism of the governor's choices in tax cuts for this year's state budget.

Out of glittering reviews and commercial success has also emerged pointed criticism.

And his testimony today was his most pointed public criticism of the governor on the issue so far.

But it included some pointed criticisms of the occupation's administration.