101.   But he dismissed allegations of widespread corruption among amateur officials.

102.   But Alexander Yarov, a top Russian expert in space clothes, dismissed both allegations in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.

103.   But in Washington, State Department spokesman David Johnson dismissed the allegation of spying as groundless.

104.   But he dismissed the allegations.

105.   But the German Embassy in Kampala dismissed the allegations.

106.   But the loan-sharking allegation was dismissed.

107.   But Ms. Bhutto dismissed the allegations as the machinations of an ambitious politician.

108.   Chilean Foreign Minister Juan Gabriel Valdes also dismissed the allegations.

109.   Coronel, meanwhile, dismissed allegations that banks were making a killing by charging exorbitant interest rates at the expense of the sputtering economy.

110.   Democrats immediately dismissed the allegations.