41.   Gingrich asked on Fox News Sunday, assuming that Reno rejects calls for an independent counsel.

42.   Gonzalez immediately rejected calls for early general elections, noting that the European vote in no way affected the domestic mandate he was given last year.

43.   Hamas has refused to support previous peace plans and has rejected calls for a cessation of violence, including the use of suicide bombs, against Israel.

44.   Gov. Robert W. Straub subsequently rejected calls to extradite Burns again.

45.   Hashimoto said that the economy was slowly improving, a point that the coalition has emphasized in rejecting calls for new general elections.

46.   He continued to fight for the next five weeks, rejecting calls for him to concede and battling for public support for his legal challenges in Florida.

47.   He insisted that Israel would continue to take preventive action inside Lebanon, and he rejected calls for an immediate pullout from Lebanon.

48.   Health department attorney Brandt rejected the call for further testing.

49.   However, as the cease-fire expired Sunday, the group released a series of statements rejecting calls for dialogue and reaffirming its commitment to armed struggle.

50.   Howard also has rejected calls to negotiate a treaty with Aborigines, saying such agreements are only appropriate between nations.