She said statements attributed to him in the press "contradict previous assurances given me and other members of Mayor Dinkins's search and transition committees."

The formal ordeal past, however, they seemed to accept Kelson's previous assurance of beneficence, even before they had heard his account of the night's events.

Despite previous assurances to prepare turf pitches, the locals made a matting surface for the First Test.

Pillsbury intercepted the emails and, despite the previous assurances made to the employees, terminated him.

His absence heightened Saudi suspicions that the previous assurances were a smokescreen for a planned invasion.

He's not the sort of person who would walk away from need unless he had some previous assurance that his mission was guaranteed success.

Some analysts said the decision contradicted previous assurances by the Mayses to investors.

In his statement today, Mr. Arafat reiterated previous assurances - including recognizing Israel's right to exist within secure boundaries.

But now the Council seems to be blithely dismissive of its own previous assurances.

Blumenthal stated that prostitution ads had remained on the site despite previous assurances that they would be removed.