61.   The Vatican, the European Union and Canada also sent appeals to the Philippine government to abolish capital punishment, but President Joseph Estrada has turned them down.

62.   When John D. Rockefeller began snapping up leases for construction of Rockefeller Center, the Hurleys turned him down flat and never wavered.

63.   In January, President Vladimir Putin raised the possibility of a pardon, but Pasko turned it down saying he wanted to be cleared.

64.   About half of the human rights victims also turned it down because it provided that all other cases against the Marcoses would be dropped.

65.   Brooke has turned down what has been billed as a six figure contract with a Japanese steel company.

66.   But the North turned it down, accusing Seoul of blocking South Koreans from contacting North Korea for dialogue.

67.   Tommy also applied for a presidential pardon but Wahid turned him down.

68.   When he was asked that year to make himself available for a national hockey training camp he had to turn it down because of cricket commitments.

69.   Williams were rebuffed when they approached Jordan for their Brazilian driver Rubens Barrichello and Italian Riccardo Patrese and Briton Martin Brundle turned them down.