21.   But parents of some Santa Fe students, who have so far successfully challenged the pre-game prayers, urged the court to reject the appeal.

22.   But Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Rossello and Rep. Carlos Romero-Barcelo, D-Puerto Rico, resolutely rejected the appeals.

23.   But Mr Justice John Mortimer and Mr Justice Simon Mayo rejected the appeal.

24.   By rejecting the appeal, the high court left the affirmative action intact.

25.   By rejecting the appeal, the high court left that decision intact.

26.   By rejecting the appeals today, the high court left that ruling intact.

27.   Conrail successfully urged the high court to reject the appeal, at least until after the parties have gone through a trial on the issue.

28.   Earlier, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected two appeals from Garza without comment.

29.   George Washington, a Virginia slave owner, initially rejected appeals by black freemen in Boston to join the Continental Army.

30.   Gov. Jane Dee Hull rejected the appeals, saying the LaGrands had enjoyed the same rights any U.S. citizen would have had.