21.   Despite the settlement, the bank vigorously denied the assertions in the suit.

22.   Esquire denied that assertion.

23.   Fox News denied his assertion and the federal court quickly tossed any claims involving the people in the media whom Nader loves to play like violins.

24.   Government lawyers denied her assertion, and countered that the defense was casting about desperately to find some way to clear Kaczynski.

25.   Harvey Weinstein, a co-chairman of Miramax, denied the assertion.

26.   He also denied their assertions that he was uncooperative and said that he was willing to reimburse them for all of their major losses.

27.   He denied assertions by human rights workers that a wave of repression was taking place in Oaxaca.

28.   He also denied an assertion by J.W. English that contractors had threatened to stop work on apartments they are building for the partnership.

29.   He angrily denied the assertion by some Davidian supporters that federal agents fired the first shots.

30.   In addition, the Russian government has repeatedly denied assertions by Soviet defectors and American officials that it developed and tested a new class of highly lethal chemical weapons.