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And they should support those – as in Albany, New York, for instance, where police and the local prosecutor refused to crack down on protesters – who respect the rights to free speech and assembly.
When the Zeelanders refused to pay, the French responded by centralizing what had been until that point a rather de-centralized Dutch fiscal system.
But he refused, even under direct questioning by reporters, to reveal an exact date.
However, the Committee refused to comment on whether his behavior was normal or deviant for the field in question.
In retrospect, the Committee probably should have refused the case, given that Lomborg’s book was subject to intense public scrutiny, often by experts writing (favorably) in The Economist and (unfavorably) in Scientific American.
More recently, at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, he refused to condemn outright the anti-Semitic incidents that have proliferated since his election victory, instead offering a vague promise to do everything possible “to stop long-simmering racism and every other thing that’s going on.”
Worse, he has refused to acknowledge Iran’s own role in the tragedy.
France signed up for membership but later refused to submit her armed forces to NATO's central command.
Yet no one should forget that on July 1, 2003, over 500,000 people protested because the government refused to allow more time to discuss proposed national security legislation.
If Israel refused to leave the occupied territories in the past, how can it be expected to do so now, when the Islamic State is creeping toward the border?
Many countries in the region have refused to open embassies in Baghdad, often citing “security concerns” as the reason.
Since 2009, the Europeans have already put in place the crisis-management and resolution apparatus that they initially refused even to discuss.
Indeed, outgoing President Ahmet Necdet Sezer refused to invite the wives of AKP deputies who covered their hair to state dinners and Republic Day receptions.
In Venezuela’s volatile political climate, ensuring a fair process will require the presence of reputable international election observers – something that, so far, Maduro has refused to allow.
In fact, on his recent trip to Israel, Vice President Mike Pence refused even to talk to the leader of the opposition Labor Party.
But the ECB head and the Governing Council refused to yield either to insults or to heavy-handed political pressure to cut interest rates, cut them again, and then cut them some more.
But the US refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol.
To show that the new Russia stood for civilized values, Yeltsin refused to repudiate the country’s external obligations as the Bolsheviks had in 1917.
But the US Congress refused to ratify the changes, so nothing came of the agreement.
Though the US resisted at first, and has still refused to join, that decision was lent some nuance in a later conversation between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who ran the country from 2005 until earlier this month, refused to allow any investigation into the killings.
A truly independent ECB, adhering to its own rules, should have refused to accept as collateral all debt liabilities guaranteed by the Greek state – government bonds, treasury bills, and the more than €50 billion ($56 billion) of IOUs that Greece’s banks have issued to remain afloat.
For this reason, they refused to reach out to their secular opponents to offer them a piece of the political pie.
Although “no door was closed,” in the words of European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, EU leaders have clearly refused, at least for now, to hold a serious discussion about deeper integration.
So far, at least, those who wish for a better world, and who participate in the struggles for it either as activists or as sympathizers, have refused to face the tragic possibility that they will have to choose between good actions, and between moral imperatives.
But, although Zakaev was one of the most moderate members of the Chechen resistance, an amnesty for him needed the Kremlin’s approval, and he does not seem to have received it, which is probably why he refused Kadyrov’s offer.
Pakistan, well aware of Abdullah’s popularity and worried that Nehru was right about the outcome, ignored the UN mandate and refused to withdraw.
At last year’s summit, Trump refused to affirm the principle of collective defense under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty – the keystone of the transatlantic alliance.
For example, when answering a request to deal with marriage and the right of homosexual couples regarding adoption, the Council refused to substitute itself for the legislature, which it considered the only competent body to rule on the matter.
The simple fact is that even if US trade negotiator Susan Schwab had refused to make a single “concession,” and if Europe, Japan, and the big emerging markets had kept their best offers on the table, the US would still remain more open than all but a few small countries.
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