Refusals

But to respect those refusals is to respect the energies which made them possible. ❋ Unknown (1972)

And I didn't even get to the idea of refusals to treat in the first place, something that is present to some degree in virtually every state-run system, but is currently against the law in hospital emergency rooms in the U.S. ❋ Brownie (2010)

Applying the standard four-factor analysis for surname refusals, the Board considered: (1) the degree of the surname's "rareness"; (2) whether anyone connected with applicant has the mark as a surname; (3) whether the mark has any recognized meaning other than as a surname; and (4) whether the mark has the "look and sound" of a surname. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It has been forced to pay in advance for services, and faced problems such as refusals to refuel its planes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Despite scarce resources and obstacles erected by the Sudanese government -- such as refusals to issue visas to Panel of Experts members -- these expert groups have submitted hundreds of pages of solid evidence to the Sanctions Committee revealing numerous and flagrant violations of the embargo. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Most campaign pollsters I have worked with prefer to shoot for a slightly more expansive universe, both to capture those genuinely uncertain about whether they will vote and to account for the presumption that "refusals" (those who hang up on their own before answering any questions) are more likely to be non-voters. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Battlefield "refusals" aren't uncommon in wartime, and this incident involved only a handful of soldiers out of 55,200 reservists in the country. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Such refusals should be treated differently from refusals of morally and ethically neutral services, such as refusals to rent an apartment to a person or serve them in a restaurant on the basis of a prohibited ground of discrimination. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In her battle to remain free in a conservative Muslim society, she must deal with constant refusals to rent an apartment to a single woman not to mention the Muslims who won't even allow her to visit her mother's grave. ❋ George Heymont (2011)

Continued a line of cases finding refusals to license IP may amount to abuse of dominant position. ❋ Rebecca Tushnet (2009)

While some of the heat over compensation in the U.S. has subsided, in the U.K. it has continued full throttle, despite the bonus refusals last year by top bank officials and the return of U.K. banks to profitability. ❋ Sara Schaefer Mu (2011)

Despite the faculties' refusals to invite me, I delivered three lectures to packed auditoriums at the invitation of student groups. ❋ Alan M. Dershowitz (2011)

The reforms that followed last year's elections come just a few years after Myanmar's international standing hit rock bottom, after a series of disasters and debacles—including a brutal 2007 crackdown on monk-led protests and the government's initial refusals to accept some international aid after a devastating cyclone in 2008—that showed the harsher side of the regime. ❋ Patrick Barta (2011)

Given Still's history of refusals and his insistence on controlling how his work was seen, it makes sense that at his death he retained hundreds of his paintings and more than a thousand works on paper, plus a substantial archive. ❋ Karen Wilkin (2011)

That is a volume measure, and I think the evidence suggests that volumes are so low primarily because of the lack of credit-worthy projects, not refusals to lend to credit-worthy projects on reasonable terms. scott says: ❋ Unknown (2010)

But I think the document you linked actually fully supports my claim above that “the evidence suggests that volumes are so low primarily because of the lack of credit-worthy projects, not refusals to lend to credit-worthy projects on reasonable terms.” ❋ Unknown (2010)