61.   In Syria Thursday, Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Edward Walker dismissed fears that the Bush administration would be less involved in the region than the Clinton one.

62.   In typically blunt fashion, Batista dismissed the fears.

63.   Kagame dismissed those fears, saying that innocent people have nothing to fear.

64.   Kavan also dismissed fears that delays in security screening of relevant Czech officials may threaten Czech membership in NATO, stressing that the screening will be completed in time.

65.   Mbeki dismissed those fears.

66.   Melles Mayor Andre Rigoni dismissed their fears.

67.   Moscow sees the plan as an effort to isolate Russia, while Western leaders have often dismissed its fears of NATO enlargement as irrational.

68.   Most analysts, however, dismissed fears that the flotation of the real could force China into devaluation.

69.   Most Russians, however, appear to dismiss such fears.

70.   Mrs. Cheney dismissed fears he might not have rested long enough and could suffer another heart attack as a result.