11.   Barak dismissed concerns in Israel that Syrian President Hafez Assad was disrespecting him by sending Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa as his emissary to the talks.

12.   Bertarelli, who trains for sailboat racing several times a week on Lake Geneva, dismissed such concerns.

13.   Bill supporters dismissed the concerns of critics that the bill would delay rules needed to protect the health and safety of the public.

14.   Birner dismisses such concerns as impractical.

15.   Bell dismissed those concerns.

16.   All dismissed any concern over the potential wear of a midweek road trip.

17.   Britain has dismissed that concern, sometimes patronizingly.

18.   Brenner dismissed safety concerns.

19.   But analysts generally dismiss that concern.

20.   But Adams said her concerns were dismissed.