Two former top officials at the World Bank have issued new statements disputing the contention of Paul D. Wolfowitz, the bank president, that they and others knew about his actions on behalf of his companion, who was employed there when he joined the bank in 2005, according to testimony released Monday night and Tuesday.

Later in the day, Senator Bruno put out a statement disputing Mr. Pataki's claims.

Sofitel's parent company, Accor, released a statement disputing Epstein's story generally, as well as two particular facts in it:

In addition, the Central Intelligence Agency issued a statement disputing other aspects of the committee's report, intensifying a battle between the intelligence community and the Congressional investigators examining the Sept. 11 failures.

Jarvis issued a statement disputing remarks attributed to his agent, Robert Ades, by The Associated Press that, besides considering a couple of other National Basketball Association possibilities, his client was interested in an unnamed Big Ten school that was a "step up from St. John's in terms of stature."

After spending nearly an hour with Mr. Wolf yesterday, Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, a state in which US Airways is the third-largest employer, issued a statement strongly disputing United's assertions.

The Department of Education issued a statement disputing the validity of the survey results because of the sample size.

The current management has put the losses at more than $4 billion, but Mr. de la Rosa has issued a statement disputing that.

The Bush administration's habit of politicizing its scientific agencies was on display again this week when the Food and Drug Administration, for no compelling reason, unexpectedly issued a brief, poorly documented statement disputing the therapeutic value of marijuana.