Critics contend that it was a no-bid contract, awarded due to Dick Cheney's position as vice president.

Series creator Dick Wolf later explained at the Television Critics Association press tour that he had consulted Röhm before scripting the scene — the only Wolf-authored scene in the installment — saying, " Do you want to go out with a bang or a whimper?

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* " A Critical Look at the Critics ", Twentieth Century, ( essay, Spring 1966 )

Critics have also argued that, as the Austrian business cycle theory points to the actions of fractional-reserve banks and central banks to explain the business cycles, it fails to explain the severity of business cycles before the establishment of the Federal Reserve in 1913.

Critics of the government say that the $ 500 million credit from Russia should have gone to develop industry, instead of going to the construction sector.

Critics of this type of argument have tended to point out that this is just a standard criticism of representative democracy — a democratically elected government will not always act in the direction of greatest current public support — and that, therefore, there is no inconsistency in the leaders ' positions given that these countries are parliamentary democracies.

Critics of corporate-led globalization have expressed concern about the methodology used in arriving at the World Bank's statistics and argue that more detailed variables measuring poverty should be studied.

Critics have asserted that people from poor countries ( the Third World ) have been relatively accepting and supportive of globalization while the strongest opposition to globalization has come from wealthy " First World " activists, unions and NGOs.

Critics have questioned whether not one, but perhaps two ghosts appear in this scene: Banquo and Duncan.

Critics argue that there are some phenomena which are better captured by symbolic models, and that connectionist models are often so complex as to have little explanatory power.

Critics of scholars who discuss cultural imperialism have a number of critiques.

Critics, then and since, have questioned the accuracy of the data so garnered.

Critics of Boswell have pointed out that many earlier doctrinal sources condemn homosexuality in ethical terms without prescribing a punishment, and that Boswell's citations reflected a general trend towards harsher penalties from the 12th century onwards.

Critics have explored the connection between the creation of Thomas ' mythological pasts into his works such as " The Orchards ", which Ann Elizabeth Mayer believes reflects the Welsh myths of the Mabinogion.

Critics have also stated that Misskelley's " confessions " were in many respects inconsistent with themselves and the particulars of the crime scene and murder victims, including ( for example ) an " admission " that Misskelley " watched Damien rape one of the boys.

Critics of Derrida have countless times quoted it as a slogan to characterize and stigmatize deconstruction.

Critics claim the vocabulary and style of the Pauline letters could not have been written by Paul according to available biographical information and reflect the views of the emerging Church rather than the apostle's.

Critics have referred to Enter the Dragon as " a low-rent James Bond thriller ", a " remake of Doctor No " with elements of Fu Manchu.

Critics have claimed that the Nazis ' claim of scientific reasons behind their promotion of racism and hostility to homosexuals is pseudoscience.

Critics have charged Bopp with neglecting the study of the native Sanskrit grammars, but in those early days of Sanskrit studies the great libraries of Europe did not hold the requisite materials ; if they had, those materials would have demanded his full attention for years, while such grammars as those of Charles Wilkins and Henry Thomas Colebrooke, from which Bopp derived his grammatical knowledge, had all used native grammars as a basis.

Critics have objected to GMOs on several grounds, including tampering with nature, ecological concerns, economic concerns raised by the fact these organisms are often subject to intellectual property law, whether food produced from GMOs should be banned or labelled, whether such food is safe, and whether GM crops are useful to address the world's food needs.

Critics have objected to GM crops per se on several grounds, including ecological concerns, and economic concerns raised by the fact these organisms are subject to intellectual property law.

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 the East German state have claimed that the state's commitment to communism was a hollow and cynical tool of a ruling elite.

Critics have long taken as self-referential a passage in the Odyssey describing a blind bard, Demodocus, in the court of the Phaeacian king, who recounts stories of Troy to the shipwrecked Odysseus.

" Critics compared the Socrates with Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling and Raphael's Stanze, and one, after ten visits to the Salon, described it as " in every sense perfect ".

Critics described his films as being " simplistic " or " overly idealistic.

Critics praised the game's Mode 7 graphics ; in 1992 Nintendo Magazine System described them as superb and the graphics have since been described as among the best ever seen on the SNES.

Critics have described this as " Saudi vandalism " and claim that in Medina and Mecca over the last 50 years 300 historic sites linked to Muhammad, his family or companions have been lost.

Critics have jokingly described three phases in the development of James's prose: " James the First, James the Second, and The Old Pretender " and observers do often group his works of fiction into three periods.

Critics have described Swans ' early recordings as " aggressive beyond words ".

Critics Ira Robbins and Regina Joskow described this line-up as a " brilliant, strong ensemble ... the band doesn't play punk ( more a jazzy, thrashy, swing take on the many moods of Jimi Hendrix ), but what they do together has the strengths of both.

Critics often accused it of exploitative neocolonialism and described it as the archetypal example of the influence of a multinational corporation on the internal politics of the banana republics ( a term coined by O. Henry ).

Critics initially described Audioslave as an amalgamation of Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden, but by the band's second album, Out of Exile, noted that they had established a separate identity.

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 from religious parties such as Shas and Agudat Israel scorned the NRP for having been in the governing coalition with an ultra-secular party like Shinui ( which was often described as " anti-religious ") and for not doing enough to keep the Jewish character of Israel ; in one example, the party displayed little, if any, resistance or dismay, against former Internal Minister Avraham Poraz's decision not to enforce the prohibition of selling bread during Passover ( when eating bread is a prohibition of Chametz according to Orthodox Judaism ).

Critics described her admission as " extraordinary " and " unbelievable ," particularly given that the minister's responsibilities include overseeing the introduction of the Treaty.

Critics have questioned his research methods and conclusions, and his work has been described as pseudoscience.

Critics were divided: the horror and " terribilità " of the subject exercised fascination, but devotees of classicism expressed their distaste for what they described as a " pile of corpses ," whose realism they considered a far cry from the " ideal beauty " incarnated by Girodet's Pygmalion and Galatea ( which triumphed the same year ).

Critics including the Association for the Prevention of Jewish Genetic Diseases, have described Dor Yeshorim in the UK as a " Wedding tax ", when in fact free screening is available under the UK's national health service.

Critics at the time described Norman as having " the greatest voice since the German soprano Lotte Lehmann.

Critics of the former communist regime have described these publications co-authored by former GDR high functionaries ( e. g. Gerlach, Gerald Götting, Hans Modrow etc.

Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable.

Critics of Aspartame have expressed concerns that numerous health risks may be associated with its consumption ; however peer-reviewed comprehensive review articles and independent reviews by governmental regulatory bodies have analyzed the published research on the safety of aspartame and have described it as safe for consumption at current levels.

Critics described the sound of the album as it being " unique ".

Critics have largely praised Smith's use of the steel guitar, which have often been described as " sharp " and " prominent ".

Critics have described her singles " Goodies ," " 1, 2 Step ," " Get Up ," and " Go Girl " as club bangers.

Critics have described these games as " perfect emulations ".