Abe was a passionate and outspoken critic of the Vietnam War.

"To passionate critics on the far right," as Parmet puts it, "Bush had to do more, more, more," and he never did enough.

Goldman was also a passionate critic of the prison system, critiquing both the treatment of prisoners and the social causes of crime.

A passionate critic of the act, Mr. Gramm has opposed any effort to expand it into new areas.

He remained a passionate critic of US and UK foreign policy and a supporter of the Palestinian cause.

He was a passionate critic of the Catholic Church, and an avowed opponent of the clerical political factions.

Doing Business is a controversial study, with passionate critics and devoted fans.

Seminars by teachers who had helped build the atomic bomb made him a passionate critic of nuclear war.

But menstrual extraction also has plenty of passionate critics within the abortion-rights movement, largely because of the medical and legal risks it poses.