Despite the intense criticism on aid, there are some promising numbers.

During the public sessions last week, the commission came under intense criticism for holding the hearings at all.

The theater's administrators came under intense criticism and finally put the production back on its calendar.

Argentina was the only Latin nation to support the move and met with intense criticism.

However, the design was scraped in 2005 due to intense public criticism.

A President who opened up the nation's economy is under intense criticism for helping the rich and ignoring the poor.

That practice has attracted intense criticism in the last year from advocates for consumers and the poor.

Nursing homes have long been the object of intense criticism.

This has involved very intense, but justified, criticism of the Commission, about which more can be read in the report.

He added that the intense criticism had made it even more important for the board to act.