51.   Hatch, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, dismissed the criticism, blaming President Clinton for the delays and the federal judges for the problem of overworked courts.

52.   Gov. George W. Bush on Thursday dismissed criticism from some Republicans over the direction of his campaign.

53.   Gramm dismissed criticism from Dole and Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, who faulted him for missing a Senate vote on the farm bill Tuesday.

54.   Greene dismisses the criticism.

55.   He dismissed criticism that Comdex is too large, saying its size reflects that of the PC industry.

56.   He dismissed criticism that he is kowtowing to a major sponsor of terrorism.

57.   However, Robert D. Pope, the director of lands for the government, dismissed criticism from foreign urban planners.

58.   In an interview from Rome, Flynn insisted he has served the president well, and, as is his wont, dismissed the criticism as purely partisan.

59.   In a speech Friday night at a fund-raising dinner in Cincinnati, Vice President Dick Cheney dismissed criticism of the handling of the prisoners.

60.   In dismissing criticism of that statement, I wrote that the Catholic doctrines of papal infallibility and intercession of the saints are arguably blasphemous.