Mr. Bradley, who was himself considered a potential candidate for the 1992 nomination but backed off, has become one of his party's most impassioned critics of President Bush's record, particularly on race.

These fiery murals attest to Guadalajara's capacity to encompass even the most impassioned critics of its conservatism.

Young people and students who have been forced to read the classics are among the most impassioned critics.

An impassioned critic dissects Shakespeare's 154 sonnets and makes a persuasive case that they "remain intelligible, moving and beautiful" to contemporary readers.

Mr. Chirac, perhaps the most impassioned critic of the war, said tonight that he had never doubted its outcome and that "even in bad things, we can find some good."

Mr. Richardson said he also leaves with warm feelings for Alain Dejammet of France, an impassioned critic of American policy in Africa and Iraq.

Indeed, there are signs now that "Amerika" will have its biggest impact not among ordinary viewers but among the impassioned critics.

An impassioned critic of both literature and universities discusses his fear that social motives will soon overwhelm esthetic merit in the choice of authors young Americans study.

Or from flames fanned by impassioned critics.

The novelist Arundhati Roy, who has emerged as India's most impassioned critic of globalization and American influence, argues that such deals have benefited corrupt officials and foreign power companies, not the public.