The authorities set out to stop them.In the diamond-mining town of Kono in eastern Sierra Leone, about 30 rebels surrendered their weapons to UN monitors.Russia faced criticism for declining to attend an EU-sponsored meeting of Caspian states in Azerbaijan that introduced measures to counter the decline of the sturgeon.
Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain appeared ecstatic to have good news from Iraq after months of public criticism and declining support for the war.
Long a champion of returning Nazi-looted artworks to their rightful heirs, has come under criticism for declining to document the provenance of some German and Austrian art in his collection.
Mr. Romney has endured criticism for declining to release more than two years of his tax returns, and at least half the voters, including about half the independent voters, in each state say presidential candidates should release several years of returns.
For Morozov, trenchant criticism has declined due to a lack of a framework for analyzing the relationship between technology and society, which he pithily summarizes as "No vision, no critique".
Despite pressure from Latino advocacy groups and a flurry of media criticism, "SNL" declined to budge.
Sanders received criticism for declining to "say her name" at the time, but later issued statements firmly stating that "black lives matter".
Both Lindsay's poetic powers and his faculty of self-criticism steadily declined during the 1920s, and he lost his popularity.
City Hall denied there had been a "cover up" and removal of criticisms but declined to say what changes had been suggested by officials.
The later seasons that followed this airing received extensive criticism for a decline in quality, and many critics believed that it could have served as a potential series finale.
Formalist standards of art criticism are in decline these days, and will not be applied here.
