In the past few decades, a series of critics on the left, most notably the Chilean writer Ariel Dorfman, have indicted Babar in the course of a surprisingly resilient and hydra-headed argument about the uses of imagery and the subtleties of imperialist propaganda.
A series of critics and editors took to the witness stand to argue Howl's literary worth, and Judge Clayton W Horn eventually ruled that the poem was not obscene: "An author should be real in treating his subject and be allowed to express his thoughts and ideas in his own words".
He gave Kiff's work its first public showing by including five of his paintings in his selection for one of the Arthur Tooth gallery's series of Critic's Choice exhibitions.
The activist, Teng Biao, is a Beijing university lecturer and lawyer who has given legal counsel to a series of government critics, including Tibetan dissidents, opponents of government land confiscations and members of Falun Gong, a banned spiritual group.
Angelou did not write Caged Bird with the intention of writing a series of autobiographies; critics have "judged the subsequent autobiographies in light of the first".
Both sides in the debate have complained about the complexity of the 300-odd page rule, which could create a compliance nightmare or a series of loopholes, critics say.
"The Artist," the silent, black and white tribute to old Hollywood, earned a nod for Best Picture, and, after a series of recent critics and guild award wins, is considered the favorite.
He said he was not troubled by a series of missteps that critics have used to suggest Mr. Romney is out of touch with voters.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The National Assembly, which is dominated by supporters of President Hugo Chávez, has passed a bill banning foreign financing for nongovernmental organizations and political parties, adding to a series of measures that critics say are intended to stifle dissent.
At the same time Congress was approving the money, though, lawmakers complained that intelligence and law enforcement officials had failed to interpret a series of signals that critics have claimed held the key to preventing the Sept. 11 attacks.
That has led to a series of arrests that critics say resulted from informants who worked for Egyptian law enforcement, posed as gay men and lured Internet contacts to public places before the police swooped in to arrest them.
