These claims were denounced by Polish politicians and diplomats as an attempt at historical revision.

Mr. Yeltsin promptly denounced the plan as an attempt to retain "a system the people have come to hate."

That request was widely denounced as a thinly veiled attempt to drop the cases.

The measure was strongly denounced by a group of French historians as an attempt to use history to justify political extremism.

And they denounced the accusations as an attempt to discredit the party.

The opposition denounced it as an attempt to buy votes.

Chambers denounced this as an attempt to stifle progressive opinion, but others thought he must have gone home "with the feeling of a martyr".

Though today's rally has been described as nonpartisan, it is denounced by groups on the political right as an attempt to expand the welfare state.

The effort was immediately denounced by privacy advocates as a weak attempt at crisis management.

But the effort was denounced by privacy advocates as a feeble attempt at crisis management.