But instead, there was an absolute refusal to accept the notion that we needed revenue.
There is a certain nobility to Mr Nader's steady refusal to accept the argument that his votes somehow belong to someone else.
David Petraeus to the Senate about the impact of the Arab world's refusal to accept Israel's right to exist on US-Arab relations.
The less-than-optimal response is continued full confidence in my original belief, and a refusal to accept the possibility that the new reality is true.
Some historians claim Churchill never forgave Dundonians for the snub - as shown by his refusal to accept the freedom of the city in 1943.
He characterized as "puzzling" the GOP refusal to accept his compromise.
Arab leaders have supported Mr Arafat's refusal to accept nothing less than full sovereignty of East Jerusalem, which the Palestinians want as the capital of their future state.
We always like discovering businesses that go against the grain, and Mode-sty caught our attention because of its refusal to accept the status quo in the fashion world.
Senior government officials in Madrid argue that bailouts in Portugal, Greece and Ireland have been catastrophic and Spain will not compromise on its refusal to accept a similar form of intervention.
Senator Russell Feingold of Wisconsin, who staked his future as a campaign-finance crusader on a refusal to accept soft money, defeated an opponent flush with dollars from the national Republican Party.
The resolution came a day after the outgoing head of the IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, expressed frustration at Iran's refusal to accept an international proposal to end the dispute over its nuclear programme.
Houchin was transferred to Lindholme open prison in May 2012 after winning a separate legal action over the Justice Secretary's refusal to accept the Parole Board's recommendation that he be returned to open conditions.
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"This violence is also about the poverty, the hunger, the disappointments in the society as much as it is with the refusal to accept the result of this election, " the CRC's Shehu Sani told the BBC.
But the obstacle thus far has been the adamant refusal to accept the proposition that rates have to go up for the top 2 percent and that rates must continue to stay where they are so that there is no tax hike on 98 percent of the American people.
Christopher Owens, one of the co-leaders of the operation, was a talented songwriter and a made-to-order rock star: he had been raised in the Children of God cult, whose refusal to accept modern medicine contributed to the death of his brother, and he had spent his teens struggling with drug addiction.
By refusing to insist on the existence of agreements that just months ago she trumpeted as her great claim to fame, Livni is lining up behind the Obama administration as it seeks to blame the absence of peace in the region on the Netanyahu government's refusal to accept obligations that she herself never accepted.
They are the refusal to accept something bad has happened, victim confusion, "testosterosis" (or looking for ways to hit back rather than to deal with the problem), refusal to give in, refusal to respect those who may have a difference of opinion or a legitimate issue, arrogance, search for the guilty or traitors within the firm and fear of exposure.
But there is another, more subtle strata to the Grizzlies: the reluctance or refusal of some to accept the mantle of feminism at all.
In the beginning, it was the refusal on both sides to accept what the United Nations proposed.
Kerry has also expressed frustration with the refusal of some Republicans to accept the conclusions of the Accountability Review Board empanelled by his predecessor, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The subsequent refusal by the Australian Government to accept these people has been met with amazement by people here in Norway.
The refusal of some rich countries to accept a second set of commitments under Kyoto (the current ones run out in 2012) was a big stumbling block in Copenhagen.
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The only obstacle here is the refusal of Republicans in the House to accept that premise.
At the same time, it is impossible to fully accept Pacepa's assertions in light of the Vatican's refusal to open its wartime archives.
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