But if the North refused a peaceful separation, then the South would be faced with the choice of surrender or fight.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

But the head of the company refused.

但公司负责人拒绝了。

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But at one time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular organizations.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

The second group did not. But some medical researchers refused to accept that a poor diet caused pellagra.

VOA: special.2010.05.18

But Johnson refused to stand aside in the face of radical attempts to seize all powers of government.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

He had hoped his longtime business partner John Stark would publish it, but he refused.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

Mary Cassatt won many top awards, but she refused to accept most of them.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

But border states those between the North and the South refused to send any.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

But the senator from Kansas still refused to say what his vote would be.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

But it refused to use it every day, as Mister Schulz had hoped.

VOA: special.2009.10.25

But he refused to let it force him to do what others wished.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

The South already was defeated. But Confederate leaders refused to accept defeat.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

The young men were refused service but they refused to leave.

VOA: special.2010.01.29

The three other blacks got up, but Missus Parks refused.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

But other creditors have refused the terms.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

But Mr.Micheletti's de facto government has refused to consider any deal that would allow Mr.Zelaya to return to power.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

The eyewitness says the two vehicles first attempted to enter through the airport, but were refused access by security guards.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

but Israel has refused because the list includes dozens of top militants involved in deadly suicide bombings and shooting attacks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

The United States and Palestinians have demanded a complete freeze on settlement construction, but Israel refused and has offered a partial freeze.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

But the Japanese government and public refused to acknowledge it until then - in part, because of the stigma associated with poverty.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

The EU refused but offered over $1.1 billion to help cover the costs of decommissioning the plant.

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

But those previous operations were not successful mainly because militants killed sympathetic tribal leaders and opposition political parties refused to offer their support.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

"(It comes) from a comic book that has had three lives and wasn't necessarily successful, but I love the idea that it refused to die.

VOA: standard.2010.06.20

But many Iranians refused to believe it and took to the streets in protest.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11

But they refused to commit themselves to a figure on helping developing nations battle climate change, saying they would wait to see what other countries offered first.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

But the governor of the Riau Islands refused the boat permission to land.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

The NLD won elections in 1990 by a landslide, but the military refused to recognize the result, instead undertook a campaign of harassment and arrest of opposition politicians.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

But U.S and Pakistani officials have refused to discuss their identities.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

But speaking to VOA by phone a spokesman for the U.S.Embassy in Kabul, John Groch,refused to comment on media reports regarding Ambassador Eikenberry's feelings on sending additional U.S.troops to Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12