1.   But Schools Minister Michael Fallon dismissed complaints from local education authorities as scaremongering.

2.   American lawyers on loan from the Justice Department dismissed complaints about the admission of hearsay evidence.

3.   American Family spokesman Fetherston dismissed the complaints as isolated violations of company policy by managers who have since been fired.

4.   Analyst Runningen dismissed such complaints.

5.   And while the complaint was ultimately dismissed, he said, the encounter cost the co-op several thousand dollars in legal expenses.

6.   Arcan dismissed the complaints as emotional.

7.   Barnes dismissed those complaints.

8.   Bishop, a soft-spoken and professorial counterpart to the ebullient Gersten, dismisses the complaints about commercialism.

9.   Both letters were efforts by Mr. Gingrich to have the committee dismiss the complaints without further inquiry.

10.   A judge dismissed the complaints.