11.   But Bush, campaigning in Eau Claire, Wis., disputed the assertion.

12.   But gun-control opponents dispute those assertions, saying the ordinances are little more than an attempt to grandstand on crime by illegally circumventing state gun control laws.

13.   But Jay Larkin of Showtime, who was the executive producer of the Holyfield-Moorer fight, disputed that assertion.

14.   But in an interview, Ms. Eldridge disputed that assertion.

15.   But Ngo disputed assertions by Clinton fund investigators that many people did not seem to have the financial resources to make such contributions.

16.   But Thomas M. Siebel, chairman and chief executive of Siebel, disputed his assertions.

17.   But Weisfeld of the New Jersey Medical Society strongly disputed this assertion.

18.   But Weisfeld of the State Medical Society strongly disputed this assertion.

19.   Carr, the Michigan coach, was in no mood Tuesday to dispute that assertion.

20.   Critics of the Christian right movement agreed that the Fort Worth shootings qualify as a hate crime, but they disputed assertions that the church deaths were quickly forgotten.