11.   But Food Minister, David Maclean, has dismissed the report as outmoded, vague and inaccurate.

12.   Although two other well-known Irish businessmen, Dermot Desmond and Paul Coulter, previously indicated an interest in Eircom, analysts dismissed early reports of a bidding war.

13.   American officials dismissed the report, and the secretary-general of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party in Pakistan denied that bin Laden was there.

14.   Analysts dismissed reports in late trading of military movements in Iraq as a cause for higher prices.

15.   Analysts dismissed the report as speculation.

16.   Analysts dismissed the report.

17.   At first Mahathir dismissed the reports and told Anwar to ignore them.

18.   Bank officials acknowledged errors but dismissed the report as an attempt by some board members to exert more control over day-to-day affairs.

19.   Blackwell also dismissed persistent reports Lockheed Martin might invest in Airbus, itself.

20.   Bond investors dismissed reports showing weak retail sales last week and a drop in November factory orders.