But in public they refused to directly criticize the Seattle police.
But despite repeated questions, he would not directly criticize the Hungarian Government.
None of the three men directly criticized legislation pending before Congress that would create a new national director of intelligence.
Did the Americans lose a crucial opportunity, then, by simply explaining their own practices without directly criticizing any of the Vatican's?
Without directly criticizing the state, the Pope provided a challenge to Communism.
"My goal is neither to directly criticize nor glorify," he wrote of that project.
Burns avoids directly criticizing art, in part because of his own lack of drawing ability.
Since his music does not directly criticize any powers that be, he has not been banned outright.
The strongest duty is to directly criticize king's order.
The report does not directly criticize the city's 178 middle schools, which vary enormously in organization and size.