There were dark nights for Rudd after his defenestration but it remained a constant comfort that he had never been rejected by the Australian people.
But the prime minister failed to win the support of more than half of his 303 MPs after 136 Tories rejected the measure and around 40 Tory MPs either did not vote or actively abstained.
The rhetorical devices his speechwriters love to use have been rejected by him in favour of sticking with this, his original wording.
The Ukrainian government and western powers have rejected the referendum as a sham.
The V&A's archive (which is mainly post-1920) includes jokes that would have been rejected by comedians on the working-men's clubs circuit, even in the Seventies.
Sabata Mokgwabone, a spokesman for North West police, rejected the claims.
They will probably be ostracised by friends, rejected by family and turned away by the UN and the myriad international NGOs that are equipped, trained and ready to help women.
Voters roundly rejected that ambition, with the Kurdish vote in particular swinging the election against the incumbents on an unprecedented scale.
In a particular blow to Mitch McConnell, the Republican majority leader, and Richard Burr, the intelligence committee chairman, the Senate rejected a series of amendments that were designed to weaken the surveillance and transparency reforms contained in the USA Freedom Act.
Meanwhile, Downing Street rejected a fresh challenge from Alex Salmond, the first minister, to stage a head-to-head live debate with David Cameron on independence on St Andrew's day in November.
At first, he offered it to Harper & Brothers (who "rejected it with a sharp slap"), and then to Doubleday, Page.
