Voters in Oregon, for example, have rejected a state sales tax nine times since the 1930s; the state is now one of only five without one.

例如，俄勒冈州的选民自19世纪30年代以来已九次否决征收消费税提案；俄勒冈州是目前全美仅有的五个不征收消费税的州之一。

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Being able to reject the concept of being rejected, without feeling dejected, is a key to success in sales.

能够拒绝被拒绝的观念，不沮丧，是销售成功的秘诀。

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Arizona voters in Mesa and Queen Creek recently rejected a local sales tax increase that was to be used to build a stadium.

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"The worst of the worst is a bad guy actually using a gun, " Walsh said, adding that the 1.5 million gun sales rejected by a failed background check was "a record of success" regardless of how many prosecutions ensued.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

It all came to a head in 2010, when the FSA announced new rules on future PPI sales and demanded that lenders go back through old rejected complaints, and also old sales where there had been no complaint at all, to see if past sales met new standards.

BBC: Q&A: PPI claims - how high could they go?