Mr. James rejected both of those deals.
The judge, William J. Martini of United States District Court, rejected bids by Mr. James and the former mistress, Tamika Riley, to scrap the verdicts and order a new trial, finding that their jury had substantial evidence to determine that Ms. Riley was able to purchase city land at bargain prices while Mr. James was mayor.
His successor, James Madison, also rejected much of the pomp that Washington had favored.
LeBron James is not rejecting the glitz and glamour that we shower on the world's greatest basketball player, but he is allowing another value to enter into the mix, something bigger than cash, championships, and fame: the value of community, and taking responsibility for leading that community.
Is Dirk Nowitzki — posterized on one end and rejected on the other by LeBron James down the stretch — the best man for Kidd to hitch himself to?
ESPN should have rejected what it was being handed and followed the James news aggressively.
To reject a president's nominees for his Cabinet was unprecedented, though in 1809, James Madison had withheld the nomination of Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin as Secretary of State because of opposition in the Senate.
Either proposition would have astounded James Madison, often described as the guiding spirit behind the Constitution, who rejected state-established religions and, like Alexander Hamilton, proposed a central government so strong that it could veto state laws.
The Newcastle owner had intended to underwrite the share issue, but the Scottish Football Association rejected his request to raise his shareholding above 10%, due to his involvement with the St James' Park club.
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and their peers, as they met for the constitutional convention in Philadelphia in 1787, had deliberately rejected direct democracy.
