No rebuke came from the government.

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The State Department issued no more than a mild rebuke, saying that General Musharraf's changes could be a setback for democratisation in Pakistan.

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In all honesty, Clinton probably calculated that this new star in the White House won't be handed a rebuke consequential enough in 2010 -- no matter his performance -- to animate a credible challenge against him in the next round of Democratic primaries.

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In most countries that would be no big deal, but in Japan it constitutes a stinging rebuke for local suppliers.

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No sooner had the duke left the prison than he received a sharp rebuke from the two Catholic prison chaplains, the Rev John J Murphy and the Rev (later Monsignor) Tom Toner.

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No administration figures showed up at Lugar's hearing, a fact that drew a rebuke from the panel's top Democrat, Sen.

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