31.   The two rebuffed his offer, saying their merger agreement barred them from independently talking to other suitors.

32.   The tribe rebuffed their offer, saying it had other plans for Hawley Lake.

33.   Walt Disney, W.H. Smith of Britain and Microsoft are among the suitors who have approached him, but he has rebuffed every offer.

34.   Younkers has rebuffed the offer as inadequate.

35.   Air Canada has rebuffed the offer as an American plot to take over the Canadian airline industry.

36.   Asarco and Cyprus have already rebuffed two offers from Phelps Dodge, choosing instead to move ahead with their planned merger.

37.   Chen, elected last year, has offered to hold the first summit in five decades between Taiwanese and Chinese leaders, but Beijing has rebuffed his offers.

38.   Chen has offered to hold the first summit in five decades between Taiwanese and Chinese leaders, but Beijing has rebuffed his offers.

39.   Israel says it arranged special buses to take Palestinians to religious services but such offers were rebuffed by Christians for fear of Islamic militants opposing any cooperation with Israel.

40.   Lawmakers threatened to impeach him, China rebuffed his offers for a summit and the economy sank into its first recession in decades amid a global slowdown.