There have been widespread charges that the Government has not taken the drought seriously.

The Soviets withdrew from the world organization in 1983 to avoid almost certain expulsion because of widespread charges of psychiatric abuse.

There are widespread charges of election rigging which continue to plague most of the subsequent elections.

That practice has promoted widespread charges that the process has been abused.

That has led to widespread charges of vote rigging and a systematic, organized conspiracy to alter the outcome.

The widespread charge of "bargain and corruption" vitiated the Adams Presidency.

His death led to widespread charges of coverups by officials at various levels.

There are widespread charges of fraud and vote buying.

But they insist, despite widespread charges to the contrary, that they have not used chemical weapons to drive out Kurdish guerrillas.

Then as now, there were also widespread charges that the Government had failed to send troops into troubled areas to quell the rioting.