1.   But that denial came back to haunt him Monday when the Gainesville couple said they had personally handed the tape to him during a visit to Washington.

2.   Denials come quickly from Rangers officialdom when you mention such a dreaded P.R. nightmare.

3.   Frequently the denials come from visitors who think they have had experiences that refute the atrocity charges.

4.   His denial of clemency came only hours after the high court acted.

5.   The denial came during a news conference called to announce a bill-signing.

6.   Then comes denial.

7.   This denial may come back to haunt it as part of a Justice Department investigation of possible conspiracy.

8.   The Bahraini denial came hours before the opening of a Gulf Cooperation Council summit in the Qatari capital, Doha.

9.   The denial came a day after Lars Rise, a member of the Norwegian parliament, said that Deputy Speaker Uluc Gurkan invited him to attend.

10.   The denial came after ethnic Albanians and at least one human rights group assailed the Serbs in the deaths.