She wanted to hear his vehement denial of the charge, but only if it was the truth.

According to one account, "No denial of the charge was ever made by the Senator."

Mr Howell himself issued no formal denial of the charge.

The networks responded with a vociferous denial of the charges, calling them unfounded and irresponsible.

Despite the Bush administration's vehement denials of the charges, the book has created a media firestorm, selling more than 300,000 copies in three weeks.

"You realise, of course," said Shelley, "that her defence will be an absolute denial of the charge.

Mr. Bilzerian made his strongest denials of the charges in discussing the Robertson trades.

Drexel, Mr. Milken and the others issued strongly worded denials of the charges.

Galloway reiterated his denial of the charges and challenged the US Senate committee to charge him with perjury.

And the next night, Mr. Wright's denial of the charges was followed promptly and at greater length by their reiteration and expansion.

Despite his emotional denial of the charges and insistence that most of the questioned dismissals had involved "police misconduct," the state's highest court upheld the ouster.

Mr. Annan said Mr. Sevan had repeated his past denials of the charge.

The three executives maintained their denial of the charges but agreed to the payment of fines totaling about $3 million, which were paid by Fannie's insurance policies.

Given that distinct possibility, Katz said, the Rose team undertook to secure an agreement that would enable Rose to persist in his denial of the charges of baseball betting.

Today, spectators jammed the courtroom's aisle and perched on its polished wooden benches, leaning forward to hear Ms. Shabazz's soft, two-word denial of the charges against her: "Not guilty."

"I can't say that there are actual denials of the charges in the indictment, but there is a question of the validity of any case against Mr. Simmons because evidence was destroyed."

The New York Times eliminated a brief wire service report from its national edition, publishing a few words on Israel's denial of the charges the next day, and other major journals were hardly different.

The prosecutors say those violations occurred when the lawyers filed a motion on March 5 to admit the results of two lie-detector tests that they said supported Ms. Grossberg's denial of the charges.

Echoing the chiefs' denials of the charges, they said that Mr. Minervini was desperate, and scrambling because he sensed that he was about to lose in his effort to oust the chief.

A 12-line, three sentence denial of the charges made by the tabloid New York Post, failed to satisfy Mr Rather's critics, who had been promised a 'point-by-point' rebuttal of the accusations.

Six Persian Gulf nations who met here earlier this week said they believed Syria's denials of the charges leveled by the United States, for example, and this meeting appeared to cement that support into a full-blown defense of the country.

The letter describes Dowland's travels to various points of Western Europe, then breaks into a detailed account of his activities in Italy, along with a heartfelt denial of the charges of treason whispered against him by unknown persons.

As legal procedures in an Israeli military court unfold against seven Palestinians accused of leading or aiding the uprising in the occupied territories, a defense lawyer said there was "hardly any chance" that they would be acquitted despite repeated denials of the charges.

The meeting by the Committee on Standards and Ethics - the second time in a week in which it has taken up allegations that members have provided false information about their residences - followed an impassioned denial of the charge by Mr. Ruiz before the full Council.