Rebuffing

Until that "rebuffing" is made public, and we see that it does, in fact, address all the questions that have been raised, explaining how the wrong date for Ergun Caner's coming to America had been posted for so long, etc., it is nothing but whitewashing. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Despite threats, over 57 per cent of the Jharkhand electorate voted that year "rebuffing" the Maoists. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Egypt lost out on quite a significant opportunity by rebuffing the IMF," said Angus Blair , head of research at Cairo-based investment bank Beltone Financial. ❋ Matt Bradley (2012)

I read it, Mr. Gensler said before rebuffing the argument, according to people at the meeting. ❋ Deborah Solomon (2011)

In rebuffing the European Union's request for revaluing, the Chinese prime minister claimed allowing the yuan to appreciate too quickly would bankrupt Chinese factories as their prices rose to uncompetitive levels, and the resulting exodus of unemployed workers to the countryside would provoke social unrest. ❋ Leo W. Gerard (2010)

But on Saturday, the parties and the military agreed to set non-binding guidlines for the new charter, rebuffing secularist demands for binding guarantees. ❋ Matt Bradley (2011)

Yasser Abed Rabbo, a senior PLO leader, said Mr. Abbas had nothing to risk by rebuffing Washington. ❋ Joe Lauria (2011)

In the minds of some investors and former colleagues, Mr. Yang's track record is tainted by his role while he was CEO in rebuffing an offer by software giant Microsoft Corp. to buy Yahoo in 2008 for more than $45 billion, or more than double what it's worth today. ❋ Anupreeta Das (2011)

South Korea cleared the way for Lone Star Funds to sell its investment in Korea Exchange Bank, rebuffing pressure to penalize the U.S. private-equity fund after it was found guilty of market manipulation. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The administration has been struggling to find a director to lead the agency, with several candidates rebuffing its overtures. ❋ Deborah Solomon (2011)

- Europe's banks are rebuffing pressure from EU governments for "voluntary" 50%-60% haircuts on their Greek bonds, sources say, complicating efforts to beef up the EFSF so it can cover initial losses if, say, Italy or Spain were to default. ❋ Jessica Mead (2011)

Turkey's current account gap will start to improve from the last quarter of the year, Mr. Basci said, rebuffing concerns over the country's rapidly widening deficit. ❋ Joe Parkinson (2011)

In a separate development, the Taliban said in an emailed statement Wednesday that they aren't meeting the Afghan government for peace talks in Saudi Arabia, rebuffing comments from Afghan officials that negotiations would take place in Riyadh. ❋ Maria Abi-Habib (2012)

In addition to rebuffing calls to break up the company, Mr. Merlo also dismissed as "false, unfounded and misleading" any accusations by outside parties that CVS Caremark engages in anticompetitive behavior and other improprieties. ❋ Maxwell Murphy (2011)