11.   Analysts dismissed the share buybacks and cost cutting as necessary evils.

12.   Analysts dismiss these plans as small improvements on the margins, not big enough to reshape the economics of a huge company.

13.   Australian employment probably declined in December following an unexpected record increase in November, which analysts have dismissed as a statistical glitch.

14.   Again, analysts dismissed it as an HP problem.

15.   But analysts generally dismiss that concern.

16.   But some analysts dismissed this notion, saying that Corsica is unique.

17.   But the legal and political obstacles appear so great that most analysts dismissed the proposal as rhetoric.

18.   Insurance analysts generally dismissed the idea that the senior Greenberg would try to haul Jeffrey back by buying his company.

19.   Independent analysts dismiss the other charges as confections whipped up to give the Communists a platform for denouncing the Yeltsin government.

20.   It was such a poor sales year for both, however, that industry analysts dismiss the results.