81.   Officials angrily dismissed media reports that the pilot started a turn toward Boston before being diverted to Halifax.

82.   One senior foreign diplomat in Baghdad dismissed recent reports that to keep order Iraq has launched a policy of chopping off the hands of criminals and army deserters.

83.   Other analysts dismissed press reports that Sodexho was considering buying the stake as a rumor.

84.   Others dismissed any report of problems as the ignorance of newcomers, as high profile names from President Clinton to Sharon Stone made the island even more trendy.

85.   Red Sox spokesman Kevin Shea dismissed the report.

86.   Rubin dismissed some reports that Israel and Syria are being enticed to continue their talks with promises of U.S. financial and military aid packages.

87.   Scott Segal, spokesman for the Electric Reliability Coordinating Council, a consortium of energy industry groups that includes Southern Co., dismissed the report.

88.   Sherif dismisses reports by human rights organizations that insist government forces also kill innocents indiscriminately.

89.   She also dismissed reports in the Sunday Telegraph that the bank plans to split its investment banking and treasury businesses.

90.   Smith also dismissed reports that some House Republicans are fearful that the Dole-Kemp ticket could drag them down to defeat.