For many years after Mister Harrison's work was completed, the idea of using a clock to learn longitude was rejected.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

However,at the end of his life, he rejected war and warned American political leaders to stay away from armed conflict.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

Israel has rejected demands by the United Nations for an international investigation -- and an end to the blockade.

VOA: special.2010.06.05

The grandson of the company's founder rejected the possibility that the acceleration problem is related to the electronic controls in his vehicles.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

If these offers were rejected, Slidell was to try to buy part of California for five million dollars.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

Timothy Walsh says he offered his team to help in the investigation, but Indian officials rejected the invitation.

VOA: special.2011.04.27

But her editors often rejected her attempts to write about subjects outside the traditional interests of women.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

For those opposed to slavery, the platform rejected the idea that slave owners had a constitutional right to take slaves into new territories.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

People transporting captured sharks to the boat landing for weighing and killing would also be rejected.

VOA: special.2009.06.16

They rejected a proposal to investigate the way the votes were counted in the state.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

Van Buren rejected the offer. He said he wanted to be elected by the people.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

If southern states rejected all compromises on slavery, did they have the right to secede?

VOA: special.2009.04.09

So,he planned to attack as soon as Brown rejected the message.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

She rejected parts that were not respectful to people of color.

VOA: special.2009.06.07

He rejected it, refusing even to send it to London.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

Some people rejected them. Others came to accept them.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

Larijani also rejected the latest Western proposal to resolve questions about Iran's nuclear program, dismissing it as "unimportant" and "irrational."

VOA: standard.2009.11.15

Iran has rejected the December 31 deadline set by the international community to accept a deal to enrich its uranium overseas.

VOA: standard.2010.01.04

His earlier attempt to have all African members states withdraw from the ICC in protest was rejected last month.

VOA: standard.2009.07.06

North Korea's deputy U.N.Ambassador Pak Tok Hun categorically rejected the resolution, saying it was a U.S.initiative intended to destroy North Korea.

VOA: standard.2009.11.20

The court rejected an appeal by Coleman to include some 4,000 absentee ballots that had been rejected for various reasons.

VOA: standard.2009.06.30