41.   The Senate today rejected administration pleas and approved less than a third of what President Bill Clinton requested for grain export subsidies.

42.   The Socialist Party yesterday rejected a plea by Bulgarian President Peter Stoyanov to allow early elections.

43.   This year, the president rejected their pleas and instead asked Meat Loaf to perform.

44.   This season, he was noticeably less elusive, and he rejected pleas from his wife, agent, coach and general manager to continue.

45.   This year, the president rejected their pleas and instead asked Meat Loaf to play.

46.   Ventura forces took the matter into federal court in St. Paul, Minn., but lost when a judge last month rejected their plea to have the vote discounted.

47.   Vajpayee stood firm and rejected her plea.

48.   VW tried to block German prosecutors from conveying any evidence and other material to the United States, but a German federal court here rejected that plea this week.

49.   Yet Schroeder, worried that the budget deficit is already swelling as a result of higher unemployment and lower tax revenue, has rejected pleas for emergency programs.

50.   Police rejected a plea Thursday from Rep. Patrick Kennedy to release a videotape of his confrontation with an airport security guard.