Some intellectuals have also criticized the center as a political stepping stone for Mr. Quercia, who is known to harbor presidential ambitions.

Most liberals praised introduction of jury trials, a few intellectuals criticised them.

Some intellectuals criticize those who escaped the Tiananmen massacre for campaigning among senators in Washington to support revocation of favored trade status.

The two broadsides came as intellectuals and some former party officials have sharply criticized the recent increase in censorship of the news media.

Iranian religious intellectuals criticize both tradition and modernity.

On one hand some intellectuals and academicians like Javad Tabatabaei has criticized using religious as the attribute of intellectualism.

Some European politicians and intellectuals have criticized Google's effort on "language-imperialism" grounds.

Other, more pro-Serb British intellectuals sharply criticised her views.

When intellectuals criticized the government, he closed El Ateneo, the country's most famous political and literary club.

But some older writers of the '68 generation and intellectuals who still see the world through the left-right prism also criticized the book.