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

But the Florentines, being what they were, rejected this idea and the rule of Savonarola was short-lived.

但佛罗伦萨人的自我意识很强，所以拒绝接受这种想法,当然Savonarola，的统治也就相对短命。

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The appeal was rejected. On July seventh,David Herold, Lewis Paine,George Atzerodt and Mary Surratt were hanged for the murder of Abraham Lincoln.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

She was rejected by her father and his second wife.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

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

VOA: standard.2009.07.06

In New Jersey, Democratic Governor Jon Corzine was rejected in his bid for a second term,losing to Republican Christopher Christie, a former federal prosecutor.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

"That law was rejected." Ayala says "the bible has no place in science education."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

But because she does not have a birth certificate, she was rejected.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

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

VOA: special.2009.02.19

they later said he was not armed. President Obama has rejected the release of photographs of the body, saying the images could incite violence.

VOA: special.2011.05.07

This was art that rejected the accepted rules of culture and power.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

School officials rejected him two times before he was accepted.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

One who rejected the invitation was Sitting Bull.

VOA: special.2010.04.08

"What the youth of America and their observing elders saw at Bethel was the potential power of a generation that in countless disturbing ways has rejected the traditional values and goals of the U.S.

VOA: special.2009.08.10

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

On September 7 he submitted his lineup for the Cabinet but it was quickly rejected by opposition from Iranian and Syrian-backed Hezbollah.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

The committee chairman, Representative Edward Markey, was among the lawmakers who rejected the argument, saying the other companies' emergency response plans are no better than BP's.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

Head of the fact finding mission, South African Justice Richard Goldstone, criticized Israel for not cooperating with the mission and strongly rejected accusations that the investigation was politically motivated.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29