11.   American officials dismiss those claims as wildly exaggerated, while conceding that small numbers of civilians have been killed and injured by bombing errors.

12.   American officials dismissed the report, and the secretary-general of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party in Pakistan denied that bin Laden was there.

13.   An administration official dismissed that charge today.

14.   At first, government officials dismissed the charges as a political campaign by Republicans in Congress to isolate Russia.

15.   At the time, Madrid officials dismissed the killings as a vendetta inside ETA, the militant front of the Basque separatist movement.

16.   At the time, MTA officials dismissed the gag as a publicity stunt.

17.   Auto industry officials have dismissed suggestions of collusion in the past, saying that the auto market is too competitive.

18.   Bank officials dismiss the allegations of groups whose sole goal is to kill the bank.

19.   BJP officials dismissed the charges, saying they had accepted the pillars for safekeeping.

20.   BJP officials dismissed the charges, saying they had simply accepted the pillars for safekeeping.