31.   All portraits will be reinterpreted and engraved with more detail, but a senior Treasury official dismissed notions of a new look.

32.   But a senior Justice Department official dismissed that criticism.

33.   But angry South African officials have dismissed the drug company program as misplaced.

34.   But Clinton administration officials dismiss these plans as unrealistic.

35.   But administration and industry officials dismissed such arguments and countered that overseas sales had softened the blow for military contractors.

36.   But after making small political moves that encouraged American officials, Cuban officials have increasingly dismissed the idea of gradual progress toward closer ties with the United States.

37.   But Egyptian officials immediately dismissed the possibility that Taha could possess information pertinent to the crash investigation.

38.   But government officials here dismissed the claim as propaganda.

39.   But Bosnian Serb officials vehemently dismissed such charges as propaganda.

40.   But both Angolan and Namibian officials have dismissed the idea of withdrawing from the conflict.