In her report on keeping the over-50s in work this spring, government adviser Ros Altmann recounted damning tales of job candidates suffering endless rejections and then suddenly getting interviews after rebranding their tell-tale O-levels as GCSEs.
The retraction is a setback for the Chicago-based company, which has already had rejections for three offers for Shire, which is registered in Jersey and headquartered in Dublin.
Both of these refusals were more than mere token rejections of the baubles of privilege – they were genuine reflections of the modest ambitions of an over-modest man.
Instead, its listing coincides with rejections of de-listing attempts from Sheffield and Coventry City Councils for their own post-war shopping buildings.
Sorry to kick things off on such a downer but when you sell up, move to another country to follow your dream and it doesn't happen as quickly as you like, if indeed ever, (and you also happen to be turning 40 in a very short five months time), I suppose it's reasonable to expect moments of "What am I doing here?" and "Am I good enough?" The dark cloud was ushered in by three rejections of my work.
It took me three years of nightschool, while working full-time as a miner, to gain the qualifications to apply for journalism college; then a further two years of rejections before I was accepted.
That irked Mr Rakoff, who pointed out other flaws, too: a lack of clear evidence or reasoning behind settlement amounts, inadequate penalties and harm to the public interest.The same problems have also been cited in more recent rejections.
Leaving aside the issue of the meaning of entrance standards in a college dedicated to providing second chances for adult students, I gave you data showing that applications had risen this year and that rejections had risen even more rapidly.
But evidence from by-elections since 2006 suggests that the new signature system could lead to more rejections of postal ballots: in some constituencies 8% of them were scrapped, says Mr Wilks-Heeg.That brings its own troubles.
Since the French and Dutch rejections, it has managed such tricky tasks as agreeing a seven-year budget and adopting new strategies for energy and the environment.
Collectively these rejections veto a package bold enough to end the crisis.
