They were denied on the grounds that the lists are trade secrets that may be withheld under Wyoming's open records law.

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But previously eligible low-wage-earning parents are now either denied assistance or their children are placed on interminable waiting lists.

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An Airborne Trust employee denied the claim and said Mr Poklekowski had received the passenger lists by fax several days before the event.

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Mr Salmond denied there was a crisis and said under the Labour party hidden waiting lists had been endemic and subsequently had been abolished by the Scottish National Party.

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