1.   A spokesman for Gore dismissed the poll as relatively meaningless.

2.   But Senate Majority Trent Lott of Mississippi, in announcing the hearings, dismissed such polls.

3.   Dole, a leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination next year, dismissed the poll in a speech on the Senate floor.

4.   Even so, Daley dismisses the polls.

5.   Kemp dismisses polls that show his ticket foundering in the wake of the Clinton-Gore boat.

6.   Kirk dismissed polls showing a majority of Americans this year believe Perot should be included in the debates.

7.   McCain tried to dismiss the polls by saying that pollsters have been fooled in early contests in New Hampshire and Michigan by unprecedented turnout.

8.   Monday, Franks dismissed the poll, noting that his own survey showed a slightly smaller margin.

9.   The Bush team has also dismissed the polls, predicting they would narrow as the campaign progressed.

10.   Wilson backers, however, dismiss the polls, saying they were taken before Wilson expressed much interest in the race.