His release coincided with China's ultimately unsuccessful application to become host of the 2000 Olympics.

We need to cover the administrative costs of processing these unsuccessful applications.

Further, under state law, a prisoner cannot reapply for release until 60 days after his unsuccessful application was submitted.

Now, at the age of 63, after about a hundred unsuccessful applications, he wonders if he waited too long.

(A spokesman said the endowment did not comment on unsuccessful applications as a matter of policy.)

Wolverhampton also made an unsuccessful application for a Lord Mayor in 2002.

She was again denied parole on September 7, 2006, her 16th unsuccessful application.

An unsuccessful application is concluded when the applicant returns to his/her home country, either voluntarily or by enforced removal.

In recent weeks he had made two unsuccessful applications to be released on bail.

Fees for withdrawn or unsuccessful applications will not be refunded.