Mr. Rafsanjani, who has been a target of corruption accusations in the same reform press that is now shuttered, went further than he has before in linking his critics to a shadowy Western-inspired conspiracy that aims not to reform but to topple the Islamic government.
Omeish is president of the Virginia-based Muslim American Society, the largest grass-roots Islamic organization in the United States and a frequent target of accusations that it is linked to terrorists.
Yoma, a perennial target of accusations involving corruption, was jailed this spring on charges of funneling multimillion-dollar kickbacks through a front company involved in the deal.
"Hopefully, he's proud of himself". The Hull manager's opposite number was also a target after accusations of time-wasting flew around early on.
A cable company -- an institution about as popular as a parking violations bureau and often the target of accusations of monopolistic practices -- was more likely to take the blame than a network, these people argued.
Mr. Borodin has long been a target of a Swiss inquiry into accusations of kickbacks tied to contracts awarded by his office to renovate the Kremlin.
In Minnesota, Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a Republican and a potential 2012 presidential candidate who has long opposed the law, has become the target of accusations that he is stonewalling discussions over certain types of coverage.
Facebook has also been the target of accusations of political partisanship.
Steinbrenner, often the target of accusations himself, didn't like having Larry Dolan, the Cleveland Indians owner, blame him recently for baseball's out-of-whack payroll problems.
It has a culture of irreverence, from which it looks down at the tame and stodgy German papers, and now at Le Monde, France's leading high-brow newspaper, recently the target of accusations of political collusion.
Intriguingly, the biggest jump in class-action litigation was tied to the I.P.O.'s of Chinese companies seeking listings in the United States — many of which became the target of accusations that such offerings were built on fraud.
