1.   Aides had denied she had any moral objections but said she had longstanding private engagements to fulfil.

2.   Kerry aides Thursday denied there was any political motivation behind sending it.

3.   A Bush aide denies that his office did anything improper.

4.   A Bush aide denied reports that the meeting was opened only at the last minute.

5.   After his aides denied their mistake for five months, Payne apologized and change the course.

6.   Aides denied that Yeltsin left in a huff, contending the Russian president always had intended to leave the two-day conference early.

7.   Aides deny that they have been purposely keeping the Texas governor on a lighter schedule in recent days in order to give him rest.

8.   Aides denied reports in local newspapers that said Clinton had already decided to become a special envoy in Northern Ireland after he leaves office.

9.   Aides to Arafat deny he is ill.

10.   Aides to Pataki deny those assertions.