1.   And so he returns, dejected by the initial rejection, pain breaking through the lid he had been conditioned to clamp on his feelings.

2.   After the initial rejection of Russia and its language, the last few years have witnessed some movement in the opposite direction, notably in Belarus.

3.   But the initial rejection still stung.

4.   He also felt that God was urging him in that direction, despite the initial rejections by the archdiocese.

5.   In fact, the breakdown can be read as a fit of petulance after the initial rejection of sexual advances.

6.   Karadzic Wednesday indicated some interest in these offers to the Serbs, who were supposed to face international reprisals for their initial rejection.

7.   The firm went to court two years ago to make DEP reconsider its initial rejection of the project.

8.   But Kotenkov suggested that an initial rejection might be effectively a delaying tactic, and Kiriyenko could then be confirmed on a second or third vote.

9.   But Kotenkov suggested that an initial rejection might be in effect a delaying tactic, and Kiriyenko could then be confirmed on a second or third vote.

10.   Gross took heart from the fact that Liverpool gained a work permit for United States international goalkeeper Brad Friedel last week after appealing an initial rejection.