1.   Bouchard has disavowed the remark and repeated on numerous occasions that his nationalist Parti Quebecois is a democratic party embracing all Quebecers.

2.   Lawrence later disavowed the remark, explaining that he had jumbled his words and did not believe that hereditary factors determine ability and achievement.

3.   Lawrence later disavowed the remark, saying he had jumbled his words and that he did not believe that hereditary factors determine ability and achievement.

4.   Rumsfeld said he did not recall the conversation, which was recounted in The Chicago Tribune on Sunday, but he disavowed the remarks Nixon made.

5.   Waigel later disavowed his remarks, which were made in a closed-door meeting of a German parliamentary committee.

6.   When the congresswoman waited more than a week to disavow the remark, Mitnick and others only increased their criticism.

7.   Berlusconi has disavowed the remarks by members of his coalition, and asserted Tuesday that there was no collusion between the unions and terrorism.

8.   Colombians were outraged and the US State Department disavowed the remarks.

9.   For example, an MP could seek charges against a reporter if the official wanted to disavow remarks that have been published, he said.