1.   A Superior Court and state appeals court rejected her bid for parental rights.

2.   Wagenbach rejected a bid by Elliott to introduce as evidence an offer made to Mrs Moon to take a lie detector test.

3.   Your Board and its financial advisers Purchase and Szell continue to recommend strongly that you reject the bid.

4.   The two players had invited offers after rejecting a bid to stage the match in Manchester under the auspices of the International Chess Federation.

5.   Also pushing prices higher, the European Union rejected six bids to buy wheat today.

6.   Alumax rejected the bid, leaving the door open for a higher offer.

7.   Athletic director Paul Bubb has rejected his bid.

8.   Attorneys for Toysmart.com and its creditors rejected current bids as too low in price, though they hope to sell the data at a later date.

9.   -- Fininvest President Fedele Confalonieri after Italian voter rejected a bid to force Fininvest to sell three national television stations.

10.   Abbey National rejected the bid.