11.  The union, naturally, disputes such statements, saying the owners are using the strike as an excuse to hold down salaries.

12.  Palestinians, who met later Monday with Peres, sharply disputed the statement.

13.  After failing to dispute my statements, he appears to be blaming me for the economic downturn during the last two years of the Aquino government.

14.  And he disputes police statements that he was less than cooperative.

15.  But he disputed a statement by Canucks president Brian Burke that he had wearied of living in a fishbowl atmosphere in Vancouver.

16.  But Palestinians, who met Peres Monday, disputed the statement.

17.  Democrats disputed the statement, but Cheney had scored a point in the courtship of female voters.

18.  Durbon disputed that statement.

19.  Jelisic and his defense attorneys did not dispute the statements.