1.   The Central Bank attempted to dispel rumours of a possible financial crisis.

2.   This did not dispel rumours, however, that the resignation was part of an effort to clean up the image of the justice system.

3.   DEPUTY Prime Minister and Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yesterday dispelled rumours that the Government had established special units to bail out ailing companies.

4.   DEPUTY Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has dispelled rumours that several financial institutions in the country were in serious financial trouble.

5.   FIFA have dispelled rumours that players would be banned from drinking during matches.

6.   He dispelled rumours of his marriage breaking up by saying his wife Claudia was one hundred per cent behind him.

7.   But with Yeltsin clearly unable to dispel rumours over his health by appearing in public, the Kremlin has been forced repeatedly to deny and denounce speculation.

8.   Yandarbyev, a former journalist and poet, dispelled rumours of a split in the separatist leadership by sitting alongside rebel chief of staff Aslan Maskhadov.

9.   Jim Ochowicz, the Motorola team manager, dispelled rumours that Armstrong had abandoned to save himself for the Olympics in Atlanta.

10.   Juppe himself scrambled to deny talk of his impending resignation in a bid to dispel the rumours buffeting the currency markets and the Paris bourse.