31.   Bristol-Myers, though, can withdraw if too many women reject the plan to pursue individual lawsuits.

32.   Brussels officials rejected plans for cash infusions and loan guarantees as illegal state aid.

33.   Bush has rejected that plan.

34.   Businessmen and civic leaders who support the charter proposal complain that the libertarians, with their ideological fervor, are better at rejecting plans than at constructing workable alternatives.

35.   But after meeting with Saddam, the Council did not say that it had formally rejected the plan.

36.   But Bundesbank president Hans Tietmyer rejected the plan, forcing Kohl to back down.

37.   But Clinton rejected the plan and asked Reed to present him with more options.

38.   But many diplomats fear Congress will reject the plan, leaving others to pay.

39.   But Milosevic has rejected the plan, vowing to fight any attempt to insert foreign forces into Serbian territory.

40.   But Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn, a Republican, asked Congress to reject the plan, arguing that it would make the mountain a national toxic dumping ground.