Metro publicly disputed these claims, as did several groups supporting the current design.

The foreign companies, trying to avoid controversy, do not publicly dispute the Venezuelan government's statements.

Bright publicly disputed that the confrontation had been intentionally engineered by Washington.

However, most reference books state that he was born the following day; Rattigan himself never publicly disputed this date.

In fact, he often publicly disputed her suggestions.

"You did not publicly dispute the accepted theory?"

Barr never publicly disputed the contents of his ex-wife's affidavit.

But ministry executives publicly disputed the minister, providing dates and times when she had been briefed.

Both men have publicly disputed the charges, and repeated attempts to reach them by telephone for comment were unavailing.

That rendition was publicly disputed this week by Senator Thurmond.