11.   Long Island Bancorp did not return phone calls seeking comment on why the higher offer was rebuffed.

12.   Norfolk Southern chief executive David Goode rebuffed the offer, saying it was too expensive, Hagen testified.

13.   Princess Zarina also contends that she had rebuffed repeated offers from Ong to buy her interest.

14.   Pound said he rebuffed the offer and reported the bribe to Samaranch, but that neither he nor Samaranch pursued the matter further.

15.   Rodham said he rebuffed the offer, which was made at a Miami breakfast meeting of Paraguayan government and business leaders and Americans promoting business in Paraguay.

16.   Semel, who spoke with Boylan about his offer Wednesday, refused to say whether Yahoo would make a hostile bid if its offer is rebuffed.

17.   Saudi rulers rebuffed his offer.

18.   Shah tells the camera that she has decided to help send some girls to this school, but in the end her offer is rebuffed by their father.

19.   She angrily rebuffed the offer, according to published reports.

20.   Tennenbaum reportedly increased his offer a few weeks later by an undisclosed amount, but his offer was rebuffed.