11.   CDC officials discounted initial concerns that the outbreak was linked to the spread of dust from several chemical plants on St. Croix during the hurricane, he said.

12.   Chemical industry spokesmen discounted health concerns from data collected by Greenpeace.

13.   He discounts concerns about the pitching, and says the new personnel soon will prove their worth.

14.   Howaihi, of the Sunni and Shiite-supported Al-Wasat society, discounted such concerns.

15.   Juncker said the Europeans did not discount Israeli concerns.

16.   He discounted concerns that China may one day pose a military threat to other countries in southeast Asia.

17.   Reich discounted that concern.