11.   For witness Jaunessa Wendell, that denial contradicted earlier statements.

12.   He noted that in making those accusations against Ruiz Massieu, the men were directly contradicting statements they made after they were arrested last October.

13.   His account contradicts repeated statements from U.S. embassy officials that the United States never was involved with the counterinsurgency campaign.

14.   His comments, made at a regular weekly news conference, contradicted a statement yesterday by Bal Thackeray, leader of the Shiv Sena party that heads the government.

15.   His assertion contradicted previous statements of Rogers and Glenn, who both have insisted that Potts approved the special rules.

16.   He would freely contradict earlier statements or disavow having made them, simply telling the reporters that they had gotten it wrong.

17.   In local press interviews last week, Ibarra contradicted earlier statements by the local federal attorney that the cocaine operation had been forced to abandon the city.

18.   It also contradicts public statements that European ministers have made in recent days, including several comments chastising Washington for its hubris.

19.   Justice Department officials said on Tuesday that an FBI press release contradicting statements by President Clinton about possible illegal foreign donations was intemperate and possibly misleading.

20.   Partnership prospectuses contradicted those statements, the complaint says.