From a look at the records available in the old prison, Hale Paahao ("stuck-in-irons house"), built by King Kamehameha III to detain unruly sailors who refused to return to their ships by sundown, it's easy to see which group prevailed more often than not.
To add some Italian gusto, the politicians have voted to restore some of the state money that used to be given to political parties, even though the voters have by referendum refused to give it to them.
It was a victory won by countless Americans who refused to accept the world as it is, and against great odds, waged quiet struggles and grassroots crusades until finally change was won.
The statue of her carved by Antonio Canova, in which she insisted on being depicted naked as a goddess of love, caused the cardinal so much embarrassment that he not only refused to allow it to be displayed in public, but would only show it to close acquaintances by torchlight.
The EU says that Poland, which joined the EU in May 2004, broke rules that allow companies to do business anywhere in the 25-nation bloc when it refused to accept the takeover of BPH by Unicredito.
The Welsh government is to "carefully consider" a report by England's exams regulator after it refused to order exam boards to regrade English GCSEs.
This month, Viet Hoa Bank has refused to repay some deposits placed with it by a South Korean bank.
However, earlier Monday the company refused to say if it had met the goal by the deadline.
It refused to countenance a default by Greece, or even debt restructuring, for fear of market contagion.
Mr. Obama had established the body by executive order (after Congress refused to), so it was his commission.
The UK embassy in Tel Aviv has confirmed it was contacted by Mr Barak but refused to disclose details of the conversation.
But the Gadhafi regime was so obsessed with not appearing weak that it refused to let journalists see the hardships endured by Libyan citizens.
The atheist group was asked by the UCL union to remove it, but refused and started a petition defending its freedom of expression.
It was an unusually candid critique by Wenger, who refused to gloss over failings that he felt were the result of wayward concentration and sloppy play.
U.S. officials refused to comment specifically on the initiative, which was revolutionary when it was introduced by Saudi Arabia's then crown prince, King Abdullah, and later endorsed by the 22-member Arab League at a summit in Beirut.
It refused to shortlist a local Labour councillor and provoked an unprecedented walkout by supporters of a local Rotherham councillor who had been seen as the favourite to become the candidate.
But Turf Moor has proved something of a graveyard for visiting teams this season, so it was no surprise that Burnley refused to go quietly, even when confronted by Arsenal's early superiority.
But Barnardo's has refused to change its criteria, saying it had always been agreed the centre would be used by small numbers for a short time and as a last resort.
It was also dented by the jailing of Josh Wolf, a blogger who refused to hand over film of a political protest in California.
In particular one part of it - calcium silicate hydrate - refused all attempts to be analysed under an electron microscope or by nano-indentation.
It refused to allow public audiences larger than 5, 000 people because of a 1975 concert by the U.S. rock band Chicago in which several people died.
Traditionally, when Plaid Cymru's 3 MPs succeed in forcing a vote at Westminster, it is followed by a Plaid press release registering "shock" that Labour MPs refused to vote with Plaid even where they agree with them.
Because of a 1975 concert by the U.S. rock band Chicago, after which several people died, it refused to allow public audiences of larger than 5, 000.
Conservative peer Lord McColl of Dulwich said politicians refused to admit that the cause of obesity was over-eating and claimed ministers were "misleading" people by suggesting it could be tackled through exercise.
Members of the California lab that I know have repeatedly told me that the standards adopted by their state are almost meaningless and at one point they refused to take part in the standards process because it was a sell-out to the gun lobby and failed to protect against improper access to guns.
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Banks said it had been reviewing options to take the project forward since its initial planning application had been refused by the City of York Council.
It is contended that an aircraft carrying General Pervez Musharraf home from Sri Lanka was refused permission to land by Mr Sharif's government, endangering the lives of the 200 people aboard, including the general, now Pakistan's military ruler.
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