11.   Quigley discounted suggestions that the hunt for bin Laden and other al-Qaida and Taliban leaders may be reaching a point of diminishing returns.

12.   UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, meanwhile, in an early press conference, discounted the suggestion, saying the seats are not allocated along religious lines.

13.   Gerasyev discounted suggestions that the generals are simply disobeying his orders.

14.   Irish Prime Minister John Bruton discounted suggestions that Britain would simply veto anything it did not like.

15.   Border said he was looking forward to facing the old English foe again, although he discounted suggestions he would bowl.

16.   Border said he was looking forward to facing the old foe Wednesday, although he discounted suggestions he would bowl.