1.   But I have yet to see or hear anything that refutes the contention of my local state Department of Environmental Conservation regional wildlife manager, Quentin Van Nortwick.

2.   But some federal and state investigators said the request might be a ploy to gain sympathy and to refute government contentions that he grew rich from crime.

3.   Miller said the group was also seeking an admission from Glass that could be used to refute contentions in his articles that DARE intimidated critics into silence.

4.   Nothing has happened in her case to refute that contention.

5.   Opponents argued the change would mandate school prayer, a contention refuted by supporters.

6.   The best way to refute that contention is to make sure Arabs as well as Israelis see their lives improve.

7.   And the head of the French delegation, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, set about trying to refute both contentions put forward by WHO and the UN assembly.