His parents were European immigrants who did not go to college, and he himself was rejected from medical school.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

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

Israel has rejected demands by the United Nations for an international investigation -- and an end to the blockade.

VOA: special.2010.06.05

However,at the end of his life, he rejected war and warned American political leaders to stay away from armed conflict.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

The report said information requests by scientists not connected with the Climatic Research Unit, the C.R.U.,were continually rejected.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

The grandson of the company's founder rejected the possibility that the acceleration problem is related to the electronic controls in his vehicles.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

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

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

VOA: special.2009.02.19

Timothy Walsh says he offered his team to help in the investigation, but Indian officials rejected the invitation.

VOA: special.2011.04.27

There were fierce battles in Gaza on Friday as Hamas and Israel both rejected a United Nations call for an immediate cease-fire.

VOA: special.2009.01.10

But her editors often rejected her attempts to write about subjects outside the traditional interests of women.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

Many blacks also rejected Hurston's political ideas and her support for racial separation laws in the South.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

For those opposed to slavery, the platform rejected the idea that slave owners had a constitutional right to take slaves into new territories.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

People transporting captured sharks to the boat landing for weighing and killing would also be rejected.

VOA: special.2009.06.16