She dismissed questions about her husband as "old news."

But these dismiss his doubts about the sense of the history as "child questions".

Merrill also dismissed about 50 of its nearly 600 investment bankers this week.

That includes closing several production plants and dismissing 3,500 workers, about 7.5 percent of the company's work force.

Brown was not happy, either, though he dismissed a question about his physical condition.

Part of him had hoped she would dismiss his concerns about Stewart.

But Johnson quickly dismissed questions about it with a shake of his head.

The company also said it would dismiss about 5 percent of its employees, or some 700 people.

He dismissed questions about the conditions under which German soldiers might be brought into military action.

The company responded by dismissing about 50 workers involved in the campaign.