They confronted him angrily at one tumultuous meeting this month, and a few who are his most ferocious critics are trying to schedule a vote of no confidence for the next faculty gathering, on March 15.

The changes, though, are not likely to placate some of the president's most ferocious critics, who accuse him of losing his credibility through a series of personal gaffes.

Mr. Cole, a strong critic of the Iraq war and of the administration's grasp of the Middle East, has inspired a range of ferocious critics.

Belinsky (Billy Crudup), the ferocious literary critic, is still mesmerizingly uncomfortable in his skin.

Fraga was a ferocious critic of the historical memory movement, which campaigns on behalf of Francoist victims and digs up mass graves.

However, she went on to be a ferocious critic of comprehensive education.

The Frontier Council, a pro-democracy party that had been Mrs. Ip's most ferocious critic, wants police to send family members of SARS patients to remote camps.

I'm a ferocious critic of Arafat.

Rajoy was a ferocious critic of Garzón as he helped uncover a network of corruption involving PP regional governments in Valencia and Madrid.

But to chalk up Wal-Mart's success simply to the exploitation of its work force, as many of the company's most ferocious critics do, is simply wrong, for two reasons.