31.   DaimlerChrysler spokesman Thomas Froehlich called the report pure speculation, adding that the company has no plans to drop its U.S.-based unit.

32.   German government spokesmen rejected that scenario as pure speculation.

33.   Pure speculation, and not something Vatican officials like to talk bout openly.

34.   The bombing and its aftermath already have spawned enough reports, eyewitnesses accounts and pure speculation to guarantee conspiracies for years to come.

35.   Deputy Premier Anwar Ibrahim Tuesday dismissed as pure speculation rumours of an imminent cabinet reshuffle that will involve him being moved out of the finance ministry.

36.   What that film will tell the outside world is pure speculation.

37.   Mazda, however, denied the report saying it was pure speculation by the newspaper.