31.   Robertson, for one, rejected the assertion.

32.   Rodgers vociferously rejected that assertion.

33.   Schiavo rejected those assertions, citing the probe that her office had conducted in February.

34.   She also rejected assertions that the law would discourage traditional evangelical activities.

35.   Sharp rejected such assertions.

36.   The assertion was immediately rejected by House Republican leaders.

37.   The appeals court also rejected assertions of prosecutorial misconduct and double jeopardy.

38.   The courts have rejected these assertions, and a few of the most prominent resisters have been sent to prison.

39.   The Clinton administration on Monday rejected assertions from Baghdad that two Americans being held prisoner there had crossed into Iraq as saboteurs or spies.

40.   The foundation rejected the assertion.