21.   At a sentencing hearing several weeks later, Duckman refused a request by prosecutors to send Pena to state prison for two years, the maximum sentence.

22.   At that point, five years after their official separation began, a divorce request by only one party would have been sufficient to end the agony.

23.   Authorities in Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia, appeared to ignore repeated requests by the European organization to allow the unarmed monitors to go.

24.   Bank of America served notice that it would refuse special loan requests by state employees who are not paid due to the budget crisis.

25.   Attorneys argued their witness lists, with no mention of a request by the Seminole County attorney to depose Gore.

26.   Bart added that his client refused a request by detectives to confess on videotape.

27.   Bayantel rejected a request by the National Telecommunications Commission to lower it again to ease congestion.

28.   Beginning immediately, individual rate requests by American companies will be examined on a case-by-case basis.

29.   Belhadj, who has not been seen for more than two years, remains in prison, and requests by his family to see him have all been rejected.

30.   Before the sentencing Friday, Cleaver denied a request by defense attorney Tom Bath to throw out the verdict and order a new trial.