1.   And he discounted any notions that his host is not prepared to hear what the pope has to say.

2.   And some recent studies have discounted the notion that more victories means more alumni donations.

3.   Barkin firmly discounts the notion that Hollywood marriages are more tenuous because husbands and wives end up on separate movie sets with other beautiful people.

4.   But Brown discounted the notion that his father was an early civil rights crusader.

5.   But Stern discounted that notion, adding that city of Houston also voted down a referendum measure for a new arena before eventually voting in favor of the facility.

6.   Drivers now privately discount the notion that Earnhardt was a backchannel between the garage and the front office.

7.   Garcia discounted the notion that he and the rest of the field was intimidated by the performance of Tiger Woods.

8.   Fung discounted notions that his handling of evidence could have contaminated it to the point that it would wrongly implicate Simpson.

9.   He discounts the notion that repeated scans of his computer could be the work of just another researcher.

10.   He would not discount the notion that discussions about an NFL-built stadium in Los Angeles was a way for Houston to bid more for a team.