Critics of the East German state have claimed that the state's commitment to communism was a hollow and cynical tool Machiavellian in nature, but this assertion has been challenged by studies that have found that the East German leadership was genuinely committed to the advance of scientific knowledge, economic development, and social progress.

Critics of evolution have long challenged proponents to explain how animals initially evolved complex organs such as eyes, hands, or feathered wings.

Critics claimed that the Oil-for-Food Programme was responsible, under the blockage of dual-use equipment, for preventing Iraq from repairing the water purification and medical systems destroyed by the initial sanctions and during 1991 Gulf War, and others challenged the programme on the grounds that it would not permit Iraq to import the food and medicine necessary to prevent millions of easily preventable deaths.

Critics such as Erich Fromm challenged the generalization of the experiment's results.

Critics have challenged the depth of his nautical knowledge.

Critics challenged van Beeck's attempt to define a single universal theme in the overall tragedy of the Holocaust.

" Critics of the GSE's have challenged the " implicit guarantee " since before the sub-prime crisis.

Critics have challenged the constitutionality of this provision and in 1999 and 2000 a " Secret Evidence Repeal Act " was introduced in Congress, but never passed.

Critics of safe trade argue that the military and agriculture aspects of biosecurity are dissimilar, unlikely to converge in the form of an attack disguised as an accident, and require such differential prevention and response measures that there is little risk reduced in altering the fundamental structure of trade relationships to accommodate a robust regime of biosecurity.

Critics lauded the game's blend of RPG and platforming aspects.

Critics say that Armstrong confused the two Covenants and selectively picked which aspects of the two Covenants to keep.

Critics highlighted various aspects of Rip the Jackers originality, both in terms of beats and lyrics ; Stoupe had employed a large number of samples from often obscure compositions, while Canibus himself undertook a variety of topics from various perspectives.

Critics complimented the film's special effects, but criticized some of the darker aspects of the film, which had been marketed to a young audience.

Critics have tended to emphasize different aspects of the process.

Critics have retrospectively applied the term Grunge Lit to describe Monkey Grip, citing its depiction of urban life and social realism as being key aspects of later works in the sub-genre.

Critics have described some aspects of orthomolecular medicine as food faddism or quackery and there is research suggesting that certain nutritional supplements are harmful with several specific vitamin therapies linked to increased risk of cancer, heart disease, and death.

Critics have focused on other aspects of the poem, including the role of the narrator, the inspirational qualities of real-world objects, and the paradoxical relationship between the poem's world and reality.

Critics of this approach, like philosopher Ken Wilber and religious scholar Huston Smith, see the more materialistic formulations of the approach as examples of reductionism and scientism that are only looking at the empirical aspects of the phenomena, and not including the possible validity of spiritual experience with all of its subjectivity.

Critics of Raven / Taylor / Hales group have accused it of using cult techniques by controlling all aspects of its members ' lives.

Critics from such publications as Entertainment Weekly on IGN. com, Thomas had originally conceived of the show as more experimental, especially in terms of interaction with the studio audience, but CBS executives told him to tone down the experimental aspects of the series — a decision which, Thomas believes, ultimately contributed to the show's short life span.

Critics have compared aspects of the story to J. D.

Critics argue that theories of constraints focus on how children learn nouns, but ignore other aspects of their word learning.

Critics of postliberalism often have been concerned with its " post-foundational " aspects.

Critics claim that fast food chain restaurants such as McDonald's are destructive towards many aspects of the indigenous cultures in countries where they have been introduced.

Critics typically condemn the fan service first and foremost, before all other aspects of the show.

Critics of sacred text scientific foreknowledge believe that parts of various sacred text may simply contain observations regarding aspects of the technology of the times.

Critics acclaimed it as a timeless story of friendship, and it ranks as the greatest science fiction film ever made in a Rotten Tomatoes survey.

Critics praised the film and its " new " director, with The New York Times commenting that the film was " sharply directed by Allen Smithee who has an adroit facility for scanning faces and extracting sharp background detail ," and Roger Ebert commenting, " Director Allen Smithee, a name I'm not familiar with, allows his story to unfold naturally.

Critics have praised the overall story in Fruits Basket as being intellectual, with even the relatively light-hearted first volume giving hints at something darker in the background that makes the reader " question everything that happens.

Critics identify influences in Pattern Recognition from Thomas Pynchon's postmodern detective story The Crying of Lot 49.

" Critics found the story to be " sodden with hopelessness all the way though ," but " excellently told.

Critics have noted a number of inconsistencies with her story, such as her alleged use of a model of camera that did not exist in 1963, and her claim to have positioned herself just behind Charles Brehm and his son, despite Brehm's statement that he and his son had hurried to that position at the last moment.

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Critics claim that the heroic rescue of a guard's young daughter from sharks, which Charrière describes graphically in his book, was in fact carried out by another convict named Alfred Steffen who lost both legs and subsequently died. When some critics questioned the veracity of his story and said he erred on some of the dates, Charrière replied: " I didn't have a typewriter with me.

Critics of Garrison argue that his own records indicate that Russo's story had evolved over time.

Critics praised Bloodlines visual, audio and story but warned about a bug-ridden game.

Critics and fans criticized the story for taking place at a military academy.

Critics would argue this inconsistency is evidence against Walton's story.

Critics comment on the fictionalization of the story of Rosewood, that it " assumes a lot and then makes up a lot more ".

Critics also noted that Nightfire does attempt to steer away from previous Bond games ( notably GoldenEye ) and add a more interesting story line.

Critics claimed the game was interesting, and displayed a large amount of effort in production and story.

Critics say the film covered almost the same ground as the far superior monster movie Them !, and it is clear that Gordon merely wanted to " cash in " on giant bug craze rather than come up with a story that was fresh and creative.

A film based on his story, Maya Darpan ( 1972 ), directed by Kumar Shahani, won theFilmfare Critics Award for Best Film.

Critics hailed Médem's craftsmanship and ability to marry the right images with his near mythic story lines.

Critics accept the academic critique presented in " Mount Pleasant " but argue that Poizner's substituting in a dangerous gang-ridden, failing school looked better on the campaign trail than the actuality of his substituting in typical under-performing institution and believe he chose to write the " better story " for his campaign.

Critics reacted unfavorably towards the film, with one of the common complaints being that the story was full of plot holes.

Critics also helped the novel's success by being generally positive, many noting that the story had more promise than the idea of a brutally murdered teenage girl going to heaven and following her family and friends as they get on with their lives would have suggested.

His short stories have appeared or been referenced in numerous anthologies, including The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection, Asimov's Science Fiction and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction His story " The Great White Bed " ( F & SF May 2007 ) was nominated for the International Horror Critics Award.

Critics are divided on whether it is a true graphic novel, its advocates noting that its images are integral to the story rather than merely illustrating the text.