51.   Mills brushed off any notion that public backlash over the lockout hurt attendance.

52.   Microsoft brushed off the criticism, saying consumers will benefit from easy access to a new competitor for the growing on-line market.

53.   Nagano brushes off critics who see a contradiction in government efforts to eradicate the Med fly and the costly protection lavished on its Delhi Sands cousin.

54.   Muhlemann brushed off such questions on Tuesday and said he was not prepared to relinquish either post.

55.   Not surprisingly, Helmsley executives brush off talk that they are letting their buildings deteriorate as just so much competitive wishful thinking.

56.   PRESIDENT Bush seemed to brush off worries about lax Canadian rules on immigration last week, but it remains a concern in US-Canadian relations.

57.   Promodes in November brushed off reports it was interested in a Casino bid.

58.   Randle darted around right guard Dan Neil and brushed off an attempted block by H-back Dwayne Carswell.

59.   She brushes off the thought that marriage and co-signing a few loans makes her an unindicted co-conspirator.

60.   Shuster brushed off reports that his position was threatened.