31.   After Hull disclosed that she wanted to lead the delegation, McCain laughingly dismissed the idea during a nationally televised interview.

32.   Alan Holmer, president and chief executive officer of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, dismisses the idea of a consumer revolt.

33.   Breashears, an Emmy-winning cinematographer and expert Himalayan mountaineer, was the first not to dismiss the idea outright.

34.   Brower dismisses the idea.

35.   Burton dismissed the idea that too much pressure had been heaped on him this season when he was picked to win the championship.

36.   But Becky Taylor, a spokeswoman for Whitman, who is on vacation, dismissed those ideas.

37.   But Bibby dismissed the idea that USC is playing below expectations and said it is everyone else that had inflated hopes before the season.

38.   But black Americans could not so easily dismiss the idea of a police conspiracy.

39.   But Carol A. Gresser, president of the Board of Education, quickly dismissed that idea.

40.   But after making small political moves that encouraged American officials, Cuban officials have increasingly dismissed the idea of gradual progress toward closer ties with the United States.