11.   Gingrich and Hyde dismissed the assertion that the impeachment investigation should be rushed, a position not uniformly held by GOP House members.

12.   He also dismisses the assertion that flexible prices will buffer the impact of demand shocks on employment.

13.   However, some Jewish spokesmen here dismissed her assertion as of little practical significance.

14.   In Brussels, NATO officials Sunday dismissed Yugoslav assertions that escalating allied airstrikes have prevented Serb troops from withdrawing from Kosovo.

15.   Israeli officials dismissed the assertions, saying they were carrying out the operations to prevent terrorist bombings.

16.   Meisinger, the Disney lawyer, dismissed the assertion before Judge John W. Ouderkirk of Los Angeles Superior Court.

17.   Microsoft dismisses that assertion as the equivalent of an urban legend.

18.   Patten dismissed those assertions.

19.   Roundtree, so intent on delivering a title promise made to Georgia coach Andy Landers, dismissed the assertion that nerves hogtied her game.

20.   Reno dismissed assertions that the Gore and Ickes inquiries were indications that she is yielding to pressure from Republicans.