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  • Rebuffing conventional thinking about London's death and parentage through diligent research, earned him the respect of his peers.

    Jack London Biographer Russ Kingman 2010

  • Rebuffing concerns about widespread irregularities in the 5th Council District election, county Registrar Dean Logan said he's concluded that problems were limited to only a handful of voters.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • Rebuffing calls for her to quit from most Democrats who are capable of simple math, she said "I believe all fifty states should be counted ... they told me to quit after Iowa, and then I won New Hampshire, and then we had big victories on Super Tuesday, and then I won Texas and Pennsylvania, and I was never supposed to win Indiana!"

    sweepin' the... clouds away 2008

  • Rebuffing calls for her to quit from most Democrats who are capable of simple math, she said "I believe all fifty states should be counted ... they told me to quit after Iowa, and then I won New Hampshire, and then we had big victories on Super Tuesday, and then I won Texas and Pennsylvania, and I was never supposed to win Indiana!"

    blue is not blue, red is not red 2008

  • Rebuffing calls for more open rules of governance, they gave Maranghi all the authority held by Cuccia, with a few concessions to stronger shareholder oversight.

    The Body Snatchers 2007

  • U.S. Attorney Became Target After Rebuffing Justice Dept. interference, asking him to 'slow down' on his investigation of the manufacturer of Oxycontin.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Oxycontin Inestigation Interruptus; More Justice Dept Attorneygate Corruption-- 2007

  • VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Oxycontin Inestigation Interruptus; More Justice Dept Attorneygate Corruption --'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'U.S. Attorney Became Target After Rebuffing Justice Dept. interference, asking him to "slow down" on his investigation of the manufacturer of Oxycontin.'

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Oxycontin Inestigation Interruptus; More Justice Dept Attorneygate Corruption-- 2007

  • WASHINGTON AP - Rebuffing Bush administration claims, the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks said Wednesday no evidence exists that al-Qaida had strong ties to Saddam Hussein.

    Archive 2004-06-01 2004

  • Rebuffing an intense U.S.-led effort to pressure him to drop the statehood bid, he said he had asked U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon to recognize a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem and grant it full membership in the world body.

    FOXNews.com 2011

  • MANAMA, Bahrain - Rebuffing an election boycott by Shiite protest groups, supporters of the country's Sunni rulers voted in a special parliamentary election that is likely to reinforce divisions after seven months of unrest in the Gulf's main Arab Spring showdown.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

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