41.   Trounstine disputed the suggestion that Davis was doing nothing and insisted that the dispute was largely over the best way to achieve the goal.

42.   While Bush administration officials declined to publicly comment on the substance of the report, the officials did not dispute suggestions that pre-combat operations have begun.

43.   White House press secretary Mike McCurry also did not dispute suggestions that the Clinton administration was prepared to commit forces to the follow-on force in Bosnia.

44.   White does not dispute the suggestion.

45.   White House lawyers strongly disputed the suggestion that they were trying to avoid delivering the tapes.

46.   Presidential counsellor Mack McLarty disputed suggestions that Clinton and his extended official family are traveling abroad to avoid troubles at home.

47.   A Justice Department spokesman disputed the suggestion that blacks are more likely to be prosecuted under federal drug laws than whites guilty of the same offense.

48.   But he disputed suggestions that the expanding inquiries could harm the president politically.

49.   But Ip disputed suggestions that Hong Kong plans any laws against Falun Gong, which is already banned and subjected to a harsh crackdown in mainland China.

50.   But she sharply disputed any suggestions of impropriety.