61.   But in a brief order issued in late afternoon, a unanimous court rejected her plea.

62.   But the court rejected a plea by the defense team for a postponement of the trial to give the government time to make the reform.

63.   But the court rejected a plea by the defense team for a postponement of the trial to give the government time to make the change.

64.   But the court tribunal rejected the plea because the case had already reached the court.

65.   Court rejects plea by international trial observers.

66.   Dreifuss appeared to distance herself from Swiss government decisions earlier this year not to compensate two Jewish wartime refugees whose asylum pleas were rejected.

67.   FERC has so far rejected the plea.

68.   He rejected pleas from Congress last fall to create a Cabinet position and chose instead to install former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge as an informal adviser.

69.   He rejected an plea from new manager George Graham to return to England.

70.   His comments came few hours after the court rejected a plea to declare illegal the mass resignations.