1.   Busch dismissed the accusations as nonsense.

2.   Its owner had claimed the animal was also whipped, but within the last few minutes, a tribunal has dismissed the accusations.

3.   Bishop also dismissed such accusations.

4.   Board of Elections officials dismiss the accusations as political attacks.

5.   Blum dismissed the accusations.

6.   A Lavalas spokesman who was also a candidate for senator dismissed those accusations.

7.   A spokeswoman for the vice president recently dismissed the accusation as ludicrous.

8.   Abbey, the state director here, dismissed the accusations as a smokescreen for efforts to defraud the treasury.

9.   Aides to Arafat dismissed the accusation as Israeli propaganda.