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frames- [ARGM-DIS Separately] , [ARG0 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission] [rel turned] down [ARGM-TMP for now] [ARG1 a request by Northeast seeking approval of its possible purchase of PS of New Hampshire] .
- The White House said 0 [ARG0 Mr. Bush] decided *-1 to grant duty-free status for 18 categories , but [rel turned] down [ARG1 such treatment for other types of watches] `` [ARGM-CAU because of the potential for material injury to watch producers located * in the U.S. and the Virgin Islands] . ''
- Your Oct. 13 page-one story on the renewed plight of Western Union says that [ARG0 Western Union] had lost its chance * to be in the telephone business by *-1 [rel turning] down [ARG1 Alexander Graham Bell 's offer to it of his invention] , because it supposedly felt that voice communication would never replace the telegraph .
- [ARGM-DIS Separately] , [ARG0 a federal judge hearing Mr. Hunt 's bankruptcy case yesterday] [rel turned] down [ARG1 a proposed $ 65.7 million *U* settlement between Mr. Hunt and Minpeco S.A. , another major creditor in the case] .
- In addition to [ARG0 *-1] [rel turning] down [ARG1 the compromise] , Judge Harold C. Abramson said 0 he would allow a claim of only $ 19.7 million *U* .
- Permission is far from automatic : [ARG0 The soviets] have the legal right * to [rel turn] down [ARG1 applications] and impose conditions , and they appear *-1 to be exercising these powers .
- [ARG0 A federal judge] [rel turned] down [ARG1 the Chapter 11 petition] .
- Mr. Lloyd said 0 both Qintex Entertainment and Qintex Australia had attempted *-3 to secure a loan that *T*-2 would allow the company to make the $ 5.9 million *U* payment but [ARG1 the request] was [rel turned] *-1 down by [ARG0-by an unidentified lender] [ARGM-TMP on Oct. 14] .
- Industry executives said 0 [ARG1 Interpublic] approached Saatchi in August about * buying its Campbell-Mithun-Esty unit , but was [rel turned] down *-1 by [ARG0-by Chairman Maurice Saatchi] .
- In practice , the attorney general alleged 0 *T*-1 in an affidavit , if [ARG1 an investor] had access to cash `` the chances of * being [rel turned] *-2 down by [ARG0-by First Meridian] were about as probable as * being rejected *-3 by the Book-of-the-Month Club . ''
- [ARG1 Mr. Noriega 's proposal] was [rel turned] *-1 down .
- [ARGM-DIS Yet] [ARG0 some dealers] have [rel turned] down [ARG1 Infiniti or Lexus franchises] [ARGM-CAU because they were unwilling or unable *-1 to meet the design requirements] .
- Mr. Seidman says 0 [ARG0 he] [rel turned] down [ARG1 a Lexus franchise] [ARGM-CAU in part because `` the building was gorgeous but very expensive] . ''
- [ARG0 Skipper 's] [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel turned] down [ARG1 a $ 10-a-share *U* proposal from National Pizza] and Pizza Hut Inc. questioned whether the purchase would violate National Pizza 's franchise agreements .
- [ARG0 The judge] [rel turned] down [ARG1 an earlier Sony request for such an order] -- [ARGM-ADV a decision upheld * on appeal] -- but Sony returned with additional evidence and arguments .