But we refused to throw in the towel and do nothing.

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But because we refused to back down, and kept fighting, we now stand on the verge of victory.

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Our problem is not his anonymity but that we have refused the precise warnings, delivered over more than a decade, of those who understood the nature of what was coming -- and of what is yet to come, which will undoubtedly be worse.

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But for years, we refused to recognize it for what it was.

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When we have refused to accept the traditional frontiers but have gone beyond them, we have always found more fertile land.

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But when we turned up, they refused to speak to us on camera, despite having agreed to the interview some weeks before.

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But how many of us have refused to acknowledge that we need help at some point in our lives?

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The Opinion does not say what attorney fees that Michael Cohen had to spend to defend this action (the Court refused to allow Stephen Cohen to intervene), but we can guess that the fees were substantial.

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We saw the risks in the disclosure documents but ignored them, or refused even to look.

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Regrettably, the Japanese DSLR dominator had pretty early firmware on board and refused to let us take any sample pictures or video, but we were able to compile a few impressions anyhow.

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