71.   The Chinese government has rejected criticism of the project and insists on going forward.

72.   The former director of disaster-relief operations in the Reagan administration, Julia Taft, rejected the criticisms.

73.   The Gore campaign rejected the criticism.

74.   The government rejects criticism of its policy of providing help to ailing banks.

75.   The official rejected criticism from some immigration lawyers that focusing on specific nationalities amounted to discrimination.

76.   The official rejected criticism that the ministry will attempt to influence the drafting of the law.

77.   The Rev. Al Sharpton echoed that view, but Giuliani rejected the criticism.

78.   The surgeons who performed the hand transplants reject such criticism.

79.   The Torricelli campaign rejected any criticism of Mas.

80.   Then as now, he rejected public criticism as naive at best and politically motivated at worst, and a comfort to the enemy either way.