11.   China has disputed reports that Chinese workers were advising construction of a fiber-optic cable system that US and British planes were sent to bomb last week.

12.   Cigarette companies disputed the report and officials said quota cuts are the cost of litigation.

13.   EVANDER HOLYFIELD disputes reports that he was denied medical clearance to fight again.

14.   FBI agents who were using Bulger as an informant generally ignored or disputed the reports, perpetuating the myth that Bulger was an underworld antidrug activist.

15.   Frowick, however, disputed reports that the organization was not prepared to carry out the vote.

16.   Gillick has disputed reports that he officially stepped down Wednesday as Orioles general manager, but it is only a matter of time.

17.   Gtech has disputed that report as unscientific.

18.   He also disputed published reports that Taco Cabana was vexed by excessive operations costs due in part to employee theft.

19.   He disputed a report in the Daily Fax edition of Advertising Age that said the agency would close.

20.   He also disputed reports that he had become a prisoner in his own home.