Haag appreciated the aesthetic merits of buildings that most observers dismissed as useless fossils.

However, observers dismissed government claims that the raids were spontaneous.

Some observers dismiss the new data, saying the increase wasn't large and that year-to-year changes aren't important.

Some observers dismiss the rising price of bonds as solely the result of the government's repurchases of Treasury debt.

Many observers have challenged or dismissed the veracity of this report.

A disinterested observer would have dismissed her as an attractive woman.

But independent observers and opposition leaders dismissed those claims.

Most observers dismissed his claims as being motivated by daily politics.

Since the start of the uprising, Assad has blamed a conspiracy and media fabrications for the unrest - allegations the opposition and most observers dismiss.