61.   But the argument was rejected in July by the Appellate Division of the state Supreme Court, and Thursday, the State Court of Appeals upheld that ruling.

62.   But the court rejected the argument that a declaration of homosexuality was reason enough for discharge.

63.   But the elder Cuomo, like many other Democrats, rejects the argument that Gore would need help in a reliably Democratic state like New York.

64.   But the judge rejected the argument.

65.   But the jury of five women and one man, in Marion County Superior Court, rejected that argument.

66.   But the French government rejects that argument and has led the chorus to ban capital punishment.

67.   But she also rejected the argument of the local telephone industry that it should win freedom merely by opening its markets to new rivals.

68.   But the Rangers in Washington this week reject that argument.

69.   But the trial judge immediately rejected their arguments, saying that the evidence was not new and was available to the original defense team.

70.   But the Supreme Court, like the courts earlier, rejected his argument.