1.   Opposition groups dismissed the constitutional changes as a device to gain Western aid and approval at a time of economic crisis.

2.   Across the West, cattle and sheep groups often dismiss as sentimentality the return of buffalo to the Northern Plains.

3.   But another, probably smaller, group dismisses the complaints of their fellow Americans and is more sympathetic to Aristide and the social changes he espouses.

4.   But instead, the new law contains environmental provisions that environmental groups dismissed as a sham.

5.   Democratic political consultant Jennifer Laszlo said she was taken aback when a group of Iowa voters dismissed the cocaine question as insignificant in a recent focus group.

6.   Environmental groups have dismissed the Bush plan, which they say will not significantly reduce emissions because of its voluntary nature.

7.   However, the religious group dismissed the report.

8.   In the last several years, the group dismissed two chapter leaders, Robert H. Robinson in Bergen County.

9.   Pro-immigrant groups dismissed the significance of the findings.