11.   Clinger and others have complained repeatedly that Brown has rebuffed their requests for more information.

12.   Collins rebuffed requests from Audubon activist Paul Gray for a public explanation of how the tests would work, suggesting he speak privately with a district scientist.

13.   De Fahsen said after Shestack rebuffed her request for the pieces she forwarded the matter to her foreign ministry.

14.   Five nursing home companies and two hospitals whose expansion requests were rebuffed have appealed.

15.   For more than four months, Rosengren and other company officials have repeatedly rebuffed requests for interviews.

16.   For this article, Linder rebuffed requests to accompany him on any NRCC fund-raising trips, although he has promised to open a future trip to the press.

17.   He said the CSB also rebuffed requests many times for face-to-face meetings with company representatives to discuss the explosion.

18.   In a raucous community meeting, angry residents rebuffed requests from film producers that the sequel be shot here.

19.   In an interview, he said he had rebuffed requests to sit down with Paymer because movies always seem to depict pollsters as snake-oil salesmen.

20.   Iraq has permitted routine inspections since the most recent crisis eased last month, but it has rebuffed requests for relevant documents and now looks to limit surprise visits.