61.   Even so, NASA officials dismiss it as minor.

62.   Energy Department officials dismissed the idea, but Tamraz sought a meeting with President Clinton.

63.   Ford officials dismissed the suggestion, however.

64.   Ford officials dismissed the report.

65.   Government officials dismissed such complaints as they dismissed the chorus of criticism from the West over the new media and security laws.

66.   Government officials dismissed the claim.

67.   GOP officials dismissed the criticism, saying the administration raised the tobacco issue only at the last minute.

68.   Government officials dismissed press reports that the administration had signed a secret agreement creating a formal system of wage indexation.

69.   GE officials also dismissed the criticism.

70.   In Brussels, NATO officials Sunday dismissed Yugoslav assertions that escalating allied airstrikes have prevented Serb troops from withdrawing from Kosovo.