31.   Police authorities deny this was the case.

32.   Russian military authorities denied taking him into custody.

33.   Russian authorities have denied any knowledge or responsibility for the attack.

34.   Shenzhen authorities later denied the reports.

35.   South Carolina authorities deny they made the call.

36.   Syrian authorities denied that, and Habash told a visitor that he had heard no such instructions.

37.   The authorities denied this, saying the politicians had been banned on technical grounds.

38.   The authorities deny the accusation.

39.   The bill included provisions allowing authorities to deny Social Security to illegal immigrants.

40.   Through the years, federal authorities repeatedly denied that such canisters had been used during the siege.