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Mr Madoff was no hawkish salesman. He often turned down the country club members competing to throw money at him.

When the personnel manager told him that his application for the job was turned down, he knew better than to ask why.

Flashing his wedding ring at her he turned down her advances and took her to the grocery store instead.

Buffett applied to Harvard Business School but was turned down in what had to be one of the worst admissions decisions is Harvard history.

But she turned down the offer because of her long-term plans and a desire to avoid knee-jerk decisions based on what commodity is hot.

Officials in Cologne, where the couple lived, turned down their request, saying that this name would not be accepted in their home country.

Inspired by the message, Alec applied to be a presenter with Gore's The Climate Project, but was turned down due to his age.

A doctor said he turned down a request from a young man who wanted a forked tongue much like that of a snake 2 years ago.

Jack lost heart when he was turned down in the interview by the company.

Bower often turned down clients when he did not believe that they were prepared for change.

Somehow the valve of his breather had been turned down. He increased the flow a bit, looking at the sky, inhaling .

The NLD lodged an appeal to the Supreme Court to protect the party's legal status, but it was turned down in November.

We felt like the tilt sensitivity was a little too high at first, but it can be turned down in the menu.

He said he had just turned down two new planes Airbus offered, opting instead for a slightly used Boeing 747.

Despite the fact that she wants to see him, she turned down his invitation.

After a while, Haw made his way back to Cheese Station C and found Hem. He offered Hem bits of New Cheese, but was turned down.

A senior university student said she had recently turned down a postgraduate recommendation from her university in Wuhan.

Wary of widespread fraud, Mr. Kwong said he had turned down numerous offers from immigration lawyers to be a witness in asylum cases.

Surprised, the driver glanced at his rider in the rearview mirror, turned down the street she wanted and got her to the train on time.

He turned down my help; he said he would make it all by himself.

I hitchhiked to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station-and got turned down every time.

I used to be a songwriter then, or thought I was, but all my songs had been turned down and I was at breaking point.

Its principal stockholder once turned down an offer of a billion dollars for the company as a going concern.

Mr Bumble shook his head again, very seriously, and turned down the corners of his mouth.

But he turned down almost all of it, saying the payment was illegal and that he could be accused of corruption if he accepted it.

If you are not definitely accepted or turned down on the spot, ask: "When may I expect to hear the results of this interview? "

"Keep your promise. " The voice was slipping away, as if the volume was being turned down on a radio.

Mr. Cuff paused, turned down his coat-sleeves again, put his hands into his pockets, and walked away with a sneer.

revealed she had turned down the offer of becoming a Dame of the British Empire because there is no British Empire.

Raffaele Palladino's move to Genoa seems to have collapsed with reports that the player has turned down the transfer.

The Russian has scored 15 league goals in 36 starts for Redknapp's men and he has turned down offers back in his homeland to stay in London.

The car slowed, and turned down a ramp into a cavernous basement garage in which several patrol cars and a ambulance were parked.

I did apply for that job, but after my medical examination I was turned down, due to the fact that my lungs did not appear too healthy.

Their demand for mere food than their share was turned down in the light of precedents.

After graduating from college, Tony decided to open their own from the beginning a lot of banks have turned down his loan request.

He turned down the invitation to stay for lunch as he had to hurry back for an early class.

Salinger has also turned down requests by Steven Spielberg and Harvey Weinstein to turn Catcher into a film.

Indiana has so far turned down the unemployment-insurance money but took most of the rest, although not enthusiastically.

Adam got some liquid courage up and tried to ask Lisa out, but he was turned down.

He tilted the white American gob's hat, which he wore with the rim turned down all around, over his eyes.

Recently she has turned down the opera with important clients and a buffet supper at my boss's house.

Friends and family members said he had turned down equally eye-popping pay packages from the heads of private equity firms.

He turned down many offers to leave Tuskegee Institute to become a rich scientist in private industry.

He asked her to marry him but she turned down his proposal.

Facebook, having turned down at least one verified $1 billion buyout offer, is now saying they aren't for sale.

There was only a limited number of vacancies , so most of the people interviewed had to be turned down.

Instead of simulating the behavior of aerosols, researchers have turned down the intensity of the sun manually in their models.

Mark Zuckerberg is a young man who used to have his face on every Facebook page and who turned down a $1 billion offer to buy the company.

But because it was turned down in the French and Dutch referendums, the treaty has not been ratified.

I'm sorry to tell you our client has turned down the ads we did for him. Let's meet at 2 o'clock and brainstorm ideas.

After graduation, Mr. Valdez turned down an offer from his father to attend college, saying he wanted to make money, his brother said.

She wondered if someone from the office had tipped him off, or. . . did he just somehow know that she would not get turned down?

Not until all the demands had been turned down did the workers decide to go on strike.

If I'm turned down, it'll mean my job is deemed essential and I'll be safe from future cuts.

We then whittled it down to just a phone conversation, and that was turned down, too.

Publishers Anne Carriere often receives aggressive, insulting letters from would-be authors it has turned down.

It has urged employers to let their staff dress casually at work in the summer so the air conditioning can be turned down.

There was one time that my sprites turned down felt helpless and upset, when I saw the marks I got were poor.

Ha ha. Very funny. But you are right, if I got turned down for a date I'd be bummed . I'm also.

When he visited us in the White House, I kidded him about sleeping in Lincoln's bed, which Bo Forney had turned down.

Turned down for that, he was called back to interview for the lesser position in the claims department.

Two years ago he turned down the offer of a cabinet post from the prime minister, Manmohan Singh.

Her application had been turned down repeatedly, but she never gave up, which moved the boss so deeply as to afford her the chance at last.

Mr Fok took to calling himself "the blocker" as he repeatedly turned down capital spending proposals in the face of mounting 3G problems.

After hearing about it, Bill Clinton said, 'Yeah, that's not the only kind of job she's turned down.

He has said he turned down an offer for a short sentence in exchange for a guilty plea.

We are very upset to hear that our applications have been turned down.

So if you got turned down, do not second guess that you are no good or that no one likes you.

FA: Yeah, we turned down the revs, but even with that the car was extremely competitive and we were maintaining the gap to Kimi.

The bank turned down her request for a loan.

Applications from most foreign journalists who applied for accreditation for the last elections were turned down.

BLACK The committee gave him a black eye , they turned down his suggestion .

Nevertheless, Milan swiftly turned down City's approach as they consider the 34-year-old to be an important first team player.

The new owner suggested giving him ten thousand stock shares as part of the purchasing price. But he turned down the suggestion.

Mary Lincoln tried to find a department that would absorb the 900 USD cost and was categorically turned down on all sides!

Phil Thompson today lifted the lid on why he turned down the opportunity to be reunited with Gerard Houllier.

Well, don't complain! Al Gore complained too much about Global Warming, so God turned down the temperature a little.

He also appears to have turned down the $1m prize money offered by the Clay Mathematics Institute for solving the problem.

In April, the agency turned down an HDL-cholesterol-raising drug from Merck that did not have long-term trial data.

After being turned down several times, the young man felt discouraged at the thought of looking any further for jobs.

Then, we reported that managers Ross Brawn and Nick Fry turned down the F1 chief executive's offer to help complete the buyout.

You may get turned down. If so, try to find out why as a means of self-improvement. ?

Sorry to hear about your application being turned down. Maybe next year.

V n PA neighbour asked for the music to be turned down and the party broke up.

At the beginning, many a bank turned down his request for a loan.

It is being sold mainly because its parent bank, which turned down funds from the British government, wants to bolster its capital base.

Goldfarb says he turned down a request from eBay to remove its "secret" phone number from his site.

Bob got credit crunched last week when the bank turned down his application.

The committee gave him a black eye ; they turned down his proposal .

The move by BNP came as Italy's two biggest banks turned down an offer of state aid and said they would raise capital in the markets.

In a hearing on Thursday, the U. K. High Court turned down the appeal.

A few have been turned down, but others have clearly met the same legal criteria applied in the Berenson case.

Kenya applied to the UK three years ago for a radio licence to air Kenya-related programmes but was turned down, he says.

The news came as the Confederation of African Football formally turned down Togo's request to return to the Africa Cup of Nations.

(under no circumstance) Under no circumstances shall I mention to anyone that I have turned down the invitation to her wedding.

There was a large turnout, as usual (no journo has ever knowingly turned down free food), but the BBC was a man down.

A-after 12 years of studying ballet a friend of mine auditioned for a professional company. She was turned down.

And I actually turned down deals those firstthree years if the projects would take up too much time or were in the sameindustry.

You know me! Have I ever turned down a chance to party?

When housing turned down, the mortgages and derivatives were worth a lot less and no one would lend Wall Street money anymore.

I was turned down again. It's frustrating. I guess you've got to teach me some skills.

I turned down the big-money law firms to win justice for the powerless as a civil rights lawyer.

He turned down an offer from Ms Gillard to take up a position in a new ministry dedicated to regional Australia.

He once turned down the part of James Dean because he felt he wasn't experienced enough for the role.

Disappointments mounted as she answered many help-wanted ads, only to be turned down because of age limitations.

i got the tv on, the sound turned down and a bottle of wine.

If it's not close, he says, you are more likely to get turned down.

People who wanted to enter the USA had to go through a number of nental and physical tests and about 2 million people were turned down.

They fired off 61 claims to block development, all rejected by the court, and requested a temporary restraining order, also turned down.

Other relief organizations and foreign governments said they offered assistance this week only to be turned down.

I turned down the radio lest it should interfere with her study.

If your request for a raise is turned down this year, take it in stride and consider a longer-term view.

Those suggestions are a little wide of the mark, but Gilles has turned down a new Arsenal deal.

If I'm turned down, I'll have to secure a position elsewhere.

The 25-year-old Brazilian last week turned down Mercedes-Benz's offer of a 2009 seat in the German touring car series DTM.

A spokeswoman for the New York Times confirmed that the paper turned down the campaign.

But after five years, the town had provided no electricity and had turned down their application for a communal latrine.

He apparently turned down the offer of an Aston Martin because it was "secondhand" and took a Ferrari instead.

Mr Wen was convicted in April and his appeal was turned down by the Supreme Court, which reviews all death penalty cases.

Just because you get turned down for voluntary redundancy this time does not mean that you will be safe next time.

He refused to be on the VIP traveler list, turned down a seat in the first class, and passed up an arranged ride home.

However, Juve management turned down Roberto Carlos, as they have high hopes for Giorgio Chiellini and Cristian Molinaro next season.

Initially self-conscious as a youngster, Norma has since turned down breast reductions and embraced her assets.

He turned down dinner invitations from David and Julie, slept during the day and waited through the night.

Somebody said yesterday that Mr. Kart's plan might be turned down.

The State Administration of Sports also turned down the bid proposal from Changchun, but no reason was given.

When I turned down his request, he showed his true color by slamming the door.

He turned down my help, and solved the problem one by one on his own.

If you are turned down for an increase. ask for a reason or another review in six months.

I turned down various requests from abroad because I wanted to stay at Genoa and show what I could do.

We'd like to remind our viewers to be considerate to your neighbors and keep your TVs turned down after 10 pm.

He wore the hat with the rim turned down over his eyes.

While heading home on a straight course, I slowly turned down all of the lighting, reducing the glare and revealing the night sky.

She turned down the new job, because she would have to move to Siberia.

Thus Cambridge turned down Townshend's suggested topic: "Whatinfluence has Trade on the Morals of a Nation? "

It was the same route they drove for their music lessons but then Mom turned down a different street.

"It's a big change, " Hughes said at a Target store in Greenbelt as he calmly turned down his kids' pleas.

When I finally got up the nerve and started asking, sure there were times I got turned down.

In them, he talks of frustrations around losing his job, battling with authorities at his college and being turned down by women.

her request to be posted to the head office was turned down.

She turned down the director took only one sentence: "You make the audience believe the actor you eight years to recover it? "

And participants in New York City's Gay Pride Parade have turned down the volume of the music in order to be more accommodating to kids.

Initially he was frustrated, though, because a string of potential business partners turned down his overtures .

On June 9th the firm filed for insolvency after Germany's coalition government turned down its second request for a bail-out.

Some said that an editor had turned down his manuscript; others said that he was just tired of students.

An official revealed in July that more than a quarter of bursary applications from impoverished students are turned down.

After being turned down by numerous publishers , he decided to write for posterity .

The UN's wildlife trade organisation has turned down Tanzania's and Zambia's requests to sell ivory, amid concern about elephant poaching.

He kicked the thing into the gutter, and then, to avoid the crowd, turned down a side-street to the right.

Roy and Silo, two male chinstrap penguins at the Central Park Zoo, turned down all female companionship offered them.

Later he discovered that his father had once been turned down for the prize, which finances graduate study in Britain.

However, even the best hearing aid will be no match for an undamaged ear, so keep the music turned down!

I can also tell you that Beckham has turned down all commercial work during the tournament.

Consequently, the editor turned down most of the pictures Siao shot, calling them, "incorrect" .

Kevin Costner turned down the role of Andy Dufresne, a decision he strongly regretted later on.

In recent months, half a dozen women have turned down a second meeting after learning that he had no means to buy a home.

It has turned down Pakistan's requests for a civilian nuclear deal in the past.

Unfortunately, the majority of job hunters are competing for the same small pool of jobs and getting turned down.

I turned down something the other day simply because I'd been told another columnist, whose work is beyond feeble, had been asked first.

With her encouragement, he applied for a job with the Fuller Brush Co. only to be turned down.

You've turned down offers from Hollywood before. Why was now the right time?

I ordered that quiet be maintained in the cave, and the electric lights turned down to a glimmer.

I had turned down the chewing tobacco, but I took the reins and mounted the horse.

The committee were unanimous that the application should be turned down.

has been dragging on all summer, but has reached an impasse with Arsenal having turned down Chelsea's offer for the England left back.

The Serbia international winger has turned down a move to Manchester City whose offer CSKA accepted earlier this month.

But while Juve were willing to allow Tacchinardi to move on, the midfielder turned down the switch.

Iniesta had previously turned down those two excellent opportunities to shoot, but made no mistake this time.

"Therefore, the proposals from the service providers for purchase of Chinese equipment is turned down. "

Now Turkey has discreetly taken up his client's case (although Iran has turned down a Brazilian offer of asylum for Ms Ashtiani).

He would have turned down the candle.

Ever since his boss turned down his request for a long vacation, Jack has been thinking about quitting his job.

When I returned, I found the bed turned down and the penguin propped up on the pillow.

The air conditioning has been turned down, the lights are kept low, and at lunchtime everything is turned off altogether.

The girlfriend of Prince William has reportedly turned down a rare invitation to join the royal family for Christmas.

He had no use for Dai Li and had turned down an early offer to work together.

EVERTON has turned down a transfer request from Joleon Lescott with Manchester City poised to improve its offer for the England defender.

Katie has a pretty tight schedule this weekend so she turned down the dinner invitation.

Turn down: refuse The conference turned down a number of unreasonable proposals.

At Smith she turned down a request by students to have race-specific dorms.

One woman I know turned down a blind date with a man named Harry because "he sounded dull" .

In March, the FDA turned down Cephalon's jet-lag application and questioned how good the data supporting it really were.

workers' demanding for higher salary and less working time was turned down by the employer.

They were turned down by anti-Chinese president two year ago, but as relations soar, this winter they are on their way.

With a touch of pride, he adds that a Silicon Valley firm turned down an investment in Zynga, telling him he was "not coachable. "

A: I really want that promotion, but I keep getting turned down.

Defender Sol Campbell has turned down the chance to extend his contract at Arsenal and chosen instead to move to Newcastle United.

Cosco has turned down repeated requests for an interview, both in Greece and in Beijing.

She hesitatingly turned down the occasion to listen to the concert.

Her request for loan has been turned down by many a bank as her business is small and she could provide no guarantee.

However, she was immediately turned down as that company wanted to hire a senior accountant with much working experience.

This is derived from the imprecise translation of the Latin term pollice verso (with a turned thumb) as "with the thumb turned down" .

Inside the climate chamber at Eglin, the temperature has been turned down to a chilly 42 degrees below zero Celsius.

I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.

Hummer's extinction remains likely, given that both potential buyers have already been turned down by GM.

Peggotty carried another box. We turned down lanes covered with sand.

He turned down the first offer of $500 from a Washington stamp shop owner and took the sheet to New York.

Twice my firm has turned down business from Chinese clients who explicitly wanted to use this strategy.

The agent of Arsenal striker Manu Adebayor has revealed he's turned down Manchester United and Juventus to pen a new deal.

The 25-year-old had attracted interest from Cardiff and his former club Leeds in January, but Smith turned down both clubs.

This weekend, he has turned down all of his favorite foods, even tomato soup and steak.

Molly: Well, not exactly. She turned down my request for a raise.

They submitted a retrospective application but that was turned down by their local Mid Suffolk District Council.

In a new interview, Hillary Clinton said she originally turned down the job as secretary of state. Yup.

He nearly turned down the role of Henry in Regarding Henry (1991) because the main character was a trial lawyer.

He tried to join the police force but was turned down because of poor physique.

They have turned down repeated offers by climate scientists to meet and conduct serious discussions about the issues.

did he just somehow know that she would not get turned down?

The suggestion that senior students (should) have classes at weekends was turned down.

June 2010 A gay man files a lawsuit against the Beijing Red Cross Blood Center after the facility turned down his offer to donate blood.

The conference turned down a number of unreasonable proposals.

Precisely when markets have turned down, forced asset sales have weakened them further.

The official turned down the interview on the sensitive issue.

He asked Joan to marry him but she turned down his proposal.

Your granddaughter looked disappointed when her request was turned down.

offer. I turned down the offer because it would mean frequent business trips away from my family.

She turned down the invitation, saying that big parties weren't her cup of tea.

But he was turned down after medical screening revealed his HIV status, China Daily said.

No, he was surprisingly friendly. But he turned down all of my proposals.

It petitioned the High Court to force an announcement of the results but was turned down.

"We asked for a test permission for Alguersuari before the Hungarian GP and it was turned down, " said Mateschitz.

She can't remember how many times she was turned down before getting her first job as a salesgirl.

Several turned down YC-funded startups after Demo Day because their valuations were too high.

The proposal was turned down at the last minute.

In that case the stool was turned down again upon its feet, when the Bible remained concealed under it as before.

Sultan, the cable says, has also followed the King's lead and turned down requests for land transfers.

Make sure that the speaker volume is not muted or turned down too low.

The principles of the struggle were disowned and the League of Nations turned down.

turned down jacket washing washing concentration is limited.

Mr. Knight turned down several interview requests for this story.

She'd come [to live with Dickens and Catherine] at 16, her parents were poor and she'd already turned down a marriage proposal.

However, the idea was turned down by Communities and Local Government Secretary John Denham.

In 2001 the Irish also turned down the Nice treaty, but the Danes started this game when they voted against the Maastricht treaty in 1992.

Another backlog is forming of people who have not been removed even though their applications were turned down.

I made it pass the first cuts the first year I applied, but was turned down for admission.

Their utility bills can be $300 a month in the winter, even though they often keep the thermostat turned down to 50 degrees.

Porsche's request for a euro 1. 75 billion ($2. 5 billion) loan from a state-controlled bank in Germany was turned down.

Was the bed properly turned down?

A majority of Zimbabweans, led by the then-six-month-old MDC, turned down a new constitution designed by Mr. Mugabe in 2000.

A. I turned down the offer because it would mean frequent business trips away from my family.

B. I turned down the offer because it would mean frequent business trips away from my family.

He was extremely disappointed after his application was turned down.

I've turned down things that might make money if I didn't want to do them.

Joe Kernen joked: 'Who's Mike Mayo, and do we know whether he was turned down for a car loan? '

Most markets, which opened modestly higher, turned down sharply.

South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun turned down a proposal to extend the summit for another day.

Not only did he care about his project, but he also turned down billions of dollars in order to let his company thrive.

They never told me why they turned down my application. They just left me hanging.

My boss has turned down my request for a leave of three days.

They never told me why they turned down my appointment they just left me hanging.