1.   NATO officials in Brussels have spurned the idea.

2.   She has traditionally spurned the idea that she chose her material with a social or political point of view, saying she merely selected tunes she liked.

3.   The Legislature consistently has spurned the idea of adding an option that could result in fewer death sentences.

4.   The White House spurned those ideas soon after they were disclosed.

5.   But most spurn that idea.

6.   Saad Qassem Hammoudi, a senior official of the ruling Baath party, spurned the idea that Iraqis were afraid of war.

7.   Plans for a charity fund sponsored by the Japanese private sector were scrapped late last year because companies spurned the idea.