1.   The report led to vehement denials from the minister involved.

2.   He issued a vehement denial of the accusation.

3.   After months of speculation, and occasionally vehement denials from Kansas City Chiefs officials, Joe Montana finally will say it is so.

4.   Masback issued a vehement denial, saying the U.S. federation was the world leader in drug testing.

5.   Swango looked incredulous and issued a vehement denial.

6.   Williams issued a vehement denial of any wrongdoing, but the Police Commission brought in private investigators to look into the matter.

7.   Craxi issued a vehement denial and, in a written statement through his through his lawyers in Italy, threatened legal action against the damage to his reputation.

8.   No group claimed responsibility, fueling Protestant suspicions that the Adams-McGuinness leadership sanctioned the destruction, despite their vehement denials.

9.   The federal government issued a vehement denial of the report in a press release late Tuesday.

10.   The nominations have been complicated by Democratic accusations -- and vehement Republican denials -- that the GOP minority moves slower in approving minority and female nominees.