61.   He asked that his last meal go to a homeless veteran, but prison officials rejected the idea.

62.   However, state officials reject that assertion.

63.   Hospital officials have rejected the suggestion from journalists that doctors released him prematurely.

64.   In a bureaucratic blink, however, officials rejected that route in favor of the cheaper and shorter one east of Troost Avenue.

65.   IMF officials rejected the idea that Turkey and Argentina were innocent victims of random swings in market sentiment.

66.   In fact, absentee ballots cast by thousands of Floridians were tossed out because election officials rejected the signatures or found other flaws in their submissions.

67.   In San Francisco this week, city officials rejected a plan allowing cable companies to exclude competitors, and ordered a policy to allow competition.

68.   Initially, Massachusetts Department of Public Health officials rejected the NRC offer, but that drew sharp criticism from anti-nuclear activists.

69.   Indeed, Rowland on Tuesday refused to consider any option other than the unions returning to negotiations, an idea that union officials have rejected.

70.   Instead, agency officials rejected the application, saying they needed more data.