In October, surprising critics who had called it a lap dog, Satra dismissed Telkom's demand that 75 small Internet-access companies be shut down.

The university filed a court petition and the judge dismissed Cuccinelli's demand on the grounds that no justification had been shown for the investigation.

On 27 May U.Va. filed a petition with Albemarle County Circuit Court asking a judge to dismiss Cuccinelli's demand.

The president dismissed the governor's demand, offering an economics lecture instead.

Mrs. Clinton dismissed his criticism and his demand that the commercial be withdrawn, saying that it was factually correct.

Charging that Arafat's statements were "distorted," Tibi dismissed Rabin's demand.

The Dutch should be content with what they have, he argued, dismissing their demand for the Mosasaurus.

Some officials dismiss the sniper's $10 million demand, made in a letter left at the scene of one of the shootings, as nothing more than a way to rationalize the killing rampage.

Former Premier Wayne Goss dismissed as "cheap politics" the union's demand for attempted murder charges to be laid, he said their comments since the death in custody had been consistently unhelpful.

"The man died through his own act, Chabat," Agachak dismissed her demand.