1.   American League lawyer Bill Schweitzer met Wednesday with Orioles owner Peter Angelos, who reiterated his refusal to field a team of strikebreakers.

2.   Baseball owners reiterated their refusal to open their books but have agreed to measure their noses since the last time they claimed that they are losing money.

3.   So while Pete Sampras has expressed a desire to play more Davis Cup matches in the future, Agassi reiterated his refusal to participate.

4.   Both the Philippine and U.S. governments expressed thanks that Schilling had been spared, but reiterated their refusal to pay ransom for hostages.

5.   But on Saturday Buyoya reiterated his refusal to do so.

6.   Earlier this month, Yeltsin firmly reiterated his refusal to run again.

7.   Fiorina reiterated her refusal to sacrifice profits in hopes of gaining market share in the highly competitive personal-computer industry.

8.   He reiterated his refusal to hold a referendum on a project he sponsored to give Corsica a small new measure of autonomy.

9.   In Jakarta, the government said it was willing to cooperate with Australia to solve the problem, but reiterated its refusal to allow the refugees back into Indonesia.

10.   In a sharply-worded statement carried by the official Tanjug news agency, the party reiterated its refusal to accept foreign mediation at talks on Kosovo.