11.   But the United States rejected that assertion.

12.   Celera officials vigorously reject the assertion and say their method worked well.

13.   Chin firmly rejected this assertion.

14.   District Attorney Gil Garcetti rejected the assertion the decision was race-based.

15.   Executives at the Microsoft Corp. have rejected assertions that the company plans to begin competing directly with news organizations this summer when it begins its Microsoft Network on-line service.

16.   For years, the Army rejected assertions that live military training could cause environmental damage, saying there was little pollution left over from detonated explosives.

17.   He also rejected assertions that he is out to muzzle his own critics.

18.   He also rejects assertions that Nazis used poison gas to kill Jews.

19.   He rejects the assertion as ludicrous.

20.   House Republicans immediately reject the assertion.