11.   After months of contentious and costly lobbying campaigns, the Senate overwhelmingly rejected a bid Wednesday to limit the federal sugar program to two years.

12.   Allied Colloids rejected the bid, and analysts said they expected higher bids later.

13.   But Grant firmly rejected all bids, even those from longtime friends.

14.   But in a bitter twist, a separate panel of doctors rejected his bid for the lucrative pension given to firefighters who are seriously injured on the job.

15.   But Rushing said he did not know of any case in which the state had actually rejected a bid from a vendor with ties to Myanmar.

16.   But Scoot.com rejected the bid as too low.

17.   But last month, without explanation, Rudenstine rejected her bid for a permanent place on the Harvard faculty.

18.   But the original bid was rejected.

19.   Capital rejected the bid, which lapsed when it was referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission in April but could have been renewed.

20.   CBI Industries rejected a bid for its industrial gas business from Airgas.