21.   Companies dispute the contentions.

22.   Davis spokeswoman Hilary McLean disputed the contention that Davis should have made stronger pleas for residents to conserve.

23.   Democrats dispute the contention.

24.   Dow Corning and other producers of implants dispute such contentions.

25.   Driscoll disputes any contention that he is not taking a regional approach.

26.   DiMaggio disputes the contention that the brothers were estranged for years.

27.   Egyptian officials, however, have disputed the contention.

28.   Floyd, the Arkansas pastor who was one of three executive committee members who served on the restructuring panel, strongly disputes that contention.

29.   Grossman strongly disputed the contention that Huffington was relying solely on advertising.

30.   Gingrich and others argue that if government reduced its role in helping the needy, private citizens would pick up the slack, but many experts dispute that contention.