When asked about the accusations, Evans said that when anyone like Smith showed such a significant improvement, "there's always that question."

Mr. Wilson was asked today about the accusations of grandstanding.

"That is not the case," Hettel replied when asked about the accusations by Gallagher.

Asked about the Italian accusations, Defense Department officials here said initially that it was too early to draw conclusions about the accident.

Bowden laughed when asked about the accusations.

"This is the way of democracies," he said when asked about the accusations against him.

Reynolds said ESPN executives never asked him about the accusations before he was dismissed after 11 years at the network.

John D. Jr. was never able to ask his father directly about the accusations about Standard Oil.

Antuofermo, asked yesterday about the accusations, said: "If anything was done, it was done behind my back.

Asked about the accusations, widely reported in the press, Mr. Murillo scoffed.