The union has rejected the administration's offer of a 17 percent raise over three years.

It also rejected labor's call for action against China over its abuse of workers' rights.

The strike began after the union rejected an offer from the hospital for a 14 percent raise over 27 months.

The school board, however, had rejected several settlement opportunities over the years.

He has rejected calls for his resignation over the riots.

However this hypothesis was rejected over time, as evidence accumulated against it.

She learned a month later the publisher had rejected the book, mainly over creative differences.

One result of that is a project that had been rejected over the years by almost every movie studio in town.

Rebuilding B.1s as B.2s was considered but rejected over cost.

But Giuliani aides have rejected the agency's plea three times over the past few months.