1.   Atkinson also rebuffed a plea from Wilson to speed things up.

2.   But Republicans rebuffed White House pleas to negotiate on the issue and said they felt they had the upper hand.

3.   Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of Germany has repeatedly rebuffed pleas for special programs to shore up particular industries.

4.   Friedan and Smeal emerged from a hastily scheduled meeting with Livingston to report that he rebuffed their plea for censure rather than impeachment.

5.   His plea was rebuffed, but there were indications South Korea still might ask Japan for a short-term loan.

6.   Patriarch Pavle, the leader of the Serbian Orthodox Church, rebuffed pleas by university students for support when the protests began in late November.

7.   With hundreds of Cubans continuing to flee in rafts, President Clinton Thursday rebuffed a plea from the governor of Florida to declare a state of emergency there.

8.   And if he needed any reminder of voter leanings, he needed simply to look at the way the electorate rebuffed his pleas to give him a Democratic Congress.

9.   Washington has rebuffed Palestinian pleas to send Zinni back to the region to help relaunch the peace process.