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"Refusing to drink costs nothing to your health, as well your festive mood on holiday, " he said.

Denying or refusing to admit and living in regret and dreams of "what could have happened" would not prepare you to start anew.

Refusing on the basis that they must have some evil ulterior motive might be safer, but you might miss out on a great new friend.

His studio numbers were unlisted and he moved around between them, refusing to be tied to one place.

And the Indian holy man seems dull to us, I suppose, because he seems to be refusing to play anything at all .

Just as I expected, he was holed up in his room, refusing to even talk to his family members.

Refusing to be a burden of her children, Aunty Fang chooses to spend her old age alone in a cluttered tent.

But Blues boss Mourinho is refusing to give the stories any credence and feels he does not even need to speak to Cole about the matter.

Without proper guidance, we used to be a bit of rebels, slowly refusing the commitments on us.

The reason he give gave for not rescuing refusing himself with was that there was no financial game gain for him in making his decision.

George Osborne, shadow chancellor, is refusing to rule out his own windfall tax and demanding that banks forgo their tax losses.

Recognising this and refusing to overreact will significantly help you to bring forward the day when it's all just a part of the past.

He represented a businessman who was murdered in April, he said for refusing a corrupt deal with the president.

I could be wrong, but I really wonder if there was a connection between his refusing gifts and losing what he had.

But according to one of his close aides, the 74-year-old anti-corruption campaigner is refusing to leave and has gone on hunger strike.

Critics say he alienated Congress by initially refusing to submit to any oversight, supporters that this was only an opening bid.

Refusing to be a "light entertainer" like the hypocrites in Dante's inferno, Mr Hill presents a difficult world as he sees it.

Regulators were worried that Lehman's trading partners would panic, refusing to do any more business with the bank.

I hear there's likely to be a bit of a hold-up at the 18th, and it won't just be the usual duffer refusing to give up on a lost ball.

Defying one of the oldest political traditions, the Arizona senator is winning by gruffly refusing to tell people what they want to hear.

On the whole, he was glad to have the matter settled for him by her refusing to take seriously his wish to invite M. Riviere.

shutting himself away from his many friends and refusing every activity that might restore his poise and bring him back to his normal self.

"I've had the time of my life out there, " she kept saying, refusing to let pre-Olympic hype define her experience.

As a Cardinal in Argentina, he sparked controversy when he chastised priests for refusing to baptize the children of single mothers.

"It was only one dance, and Mr. Barton is a good dancer, " she said airily, refusing to be intimidated.

Refusing to go with an irrational flow hurts performance for a while, and could prove durably stupid if the terrible event actually happens.

On the surface, IBM appears to be the bad guy, supplying a malfunctioning database and then refusing to help when things turned bad.

Even South Africa, whose spineless president, Thabo Mbeki, is still refusing to criticise Mr Mugabe outright, has begun to turn against him.

We always dislike refusing requests of any kind from regular customers. but regret we have no choice but to do so.

At quarter to five, Podesta called again and said the Miami family was now refusing even to recognize the fathers custody rights.

Remember a few years ago when cameras captured at least a dozen cars refusing to stop for an injured woman laying in the road?

But my chairman has been extremely negative, refusing to pay for the course and making clear he does not think it a good use of my time.

The reason he gave for not cursing refusing himself was that there were was no financial game gain for him in making his decision.

She did not want to embarrass him in front of so many guests by refusing his requests.

This voice is just one of many in a region where a new generation is refusing to be denied their rights and opportunities any longer.

Refusing to be discouraged, Christopher took a few more breaths the next day.

It was an amazing sight to see them working round the clock, refusing to go home.

They will say: you see, these students a little sense of the country all have no, these small fellow-countrymen refusing!

I even thought about refusing the project but my wife convinced me to by saying, 'If the story's interesting, isn't that all that matters?

After initially refusing to recognise the child as his, he eventually accepted her and took a strong interest in her career.

It also led to his falling-out with Sartre, who at the time was still defending the Soviet Union and refusing to condemn the gulags.

I stared at the screen, refusing to understand what I saw.

She spent much of her life behind locked doors, refusing visitors and producing poem after poem in her room.

For a full day after his capture, Eichmann lay chained to his bed, refusing food and drink, the left side of his face twitching.

Any conversation with him is about hours of work, about refusing to be satisfied until the tiniest things are absolutely right.

The commander of this Navy vessel is said to be part of a group of commanders who are refusing to allow this war to get started.

The film ends with a woman weeping in Hebrew and Arabic, refusing to stop crying until the suffering ends.

But I'm seeing some small businesses refusing credit to long-term customers and even in some cases trying to become cash-only operations.

He would be like a philologist refusing to examine a fact in language, a philosopher hesitating to scrutinize a fact in humanity.

This was the reason Loewe gave me for refusing an interview when I saw him in Banlie in April.

Refusing or hindering police enforcement is the emergency in police enforcement. If dispose properly will save the day, defeat the enemy.

Refusing to return to the negotiating table, Pyongyang has also revoked all the concessions it had previously made.

Several had already been wounded and many were refusing to leave their stations without escort.

Mueller was sacked from her first job as a translator in the 1970s after refusing to work for Ceausescu's hated Securitate secret police.

A Boy wanted to have sex with his girlfriend. But she was refusing all the time.

When was the last time you heard of a lawyer refusing to be paid?

We tried a few reunions, like one Thanksgiving when my sister cooked and he thanked her by refusing to help wash the dishes.

In Norway a few years ago, the international ski jumping federation was refusing to let women compete in an event there.

Further, some of these ideas may be true, but by refusing to challenge them we do them a great disservice---we treat them as dogmas.

In Condamine some residents had been refusing to leave their houses.

After politely refusing for the fifth time, she decided to chuck it at my face.

It is refusing a demand by almost one-third of its investors to have a straightforward vote on a critical decision for the company's future.

Since she won a prize at school she's been going about with her nose in the air and refusing to talk to the other girls.

I repaid Dino for this lesson in humility by not storming out in a huff and refusing to pay for my dinner.

I would like an ordinary roadside wildflowers , is looking forward to the day quietly, refusing to release their faint scent.

The Blues were again less than convincing in their draw at Adams Park, but Mourinho is refusing to be ruffled by the speculation.

Marx believed that man could be made perfect; Communists found that people had an irritating way of refusing to be perfected.

Gates and company were defiant, to the point of stonewalling regulators and refusing to take the charges seriously.

And Manila, refusing to acknowledge what has happened, is telling their populace sitting on rooftops to just wait it out.

Refusing is one of the frequently used speech acts in daily life and also a face-threatening act to the face want of a refused.

A South African businessman is refusing to leave Croatia until he finds a girl who he spotted across a crowded bar.

"Better than you know, " said Tyrion, refusing to rise to the bait.

Mathew maintains strict standards for himself and his inspectors, refusing to be influenced by the corruption that typically plagues India.

However, in an unprecedented move, Taiwan forced adjournment of the meeting by refusing to approve the appointments agenda item.

Did I model my love for my wife after her, refusing to give more than what I thought I could give to the image in my brain?

So is refusing to let someone pay their half of the taxi if it makes them feel small.

We ask that any one refusing to give personal service or to furnish arms shall meet the punishment of death.

When the tray went around the room, Clara grabbed the Blue Box in her good hand and clasped it to her chest, refusing to relinquish it.

The best doctors would stay resentfully out of the national service, refusing to become the minions of a minister.

But when those fleet buyers are saving money by refusing to pay for devices, where do you think consumers are going to go?

I remember him refusing to eat one day and my mother getting exasperated, as you do with a fussy child.

He remained defiant throughout, refusing to recognise the legitimacy of the court and walking out after only a brief attendance.

The White House is letting Republicans win the argument by refusing to address the long-term issue.

But a lot of them are going to break that connection if Thatcher persists in refusing to contemplate sanctions against South Africa.

The announcement comes a day after the U. N. Security Council imposed new sanctions on Iran who refusing to stop enriching uranium.

Only going after their own benefit and refusing to contribute is not the message we're letting the British get away with.

The chief reason for refusing donors was a history of disease, including malaria and infectious hepatitis, and of hypertension.

Like the USSR in 1989, the US chose the honourable option in refusing to let its regional ally stay in power through force.

Republican governors in South Carolina, Alaska, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas have made a show of refusing some of the stimulus money.

The simple life is not necessarily living in a cabin, cultivating beans, . It is refusing to let our lives be frittered away by detail.

I had to tell her the story -- she went absolutely mad. Now she is refusing to speak to me until I get her a new ring.

Republican governors in South Carolina, Alaska, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas have made a show of refusing some of the stimulus money.

The simple life is not necessarily living in a cabin, cultivating beans, . It is refusing to let our lives be frittered away by detail.

Wal-Mart, which has cut down on packaging while refusing to pay for employees' health care, attracts particular criticism.

Laurent Gbagbo, who's refusing to step down as president, has called for UN peacekeeping troops to leave the country.

The most urgent task is to stop adding to the rubbish -- but the twenty governments that have access to space are refusing to do it.

She said sometimes the customers would stray from the rules, asking for more sex or refusing to wear a condom.

MacAskill is said to be furious with the British government for refusing to take part in his consultations over the release.

Refusing to let his feet touch the ground, she unrolls a new carpet, plush and crimson.

Infinity should protect its brand by refusing to let retailer or other businesses cover its name.

He outraged his alleged victims by refusing to leave custody and attend the proceedings.

We are also proud of another townsman , Hua Tuo, who was a great physician and was, ironically, killed by Cao for refusing to treat him.

More white farmers have been murdered and 170 face prosecution for refusing to leave their land.

Within months, yellow-shirted royalist protesters were back on the streets in Bangkok, refusing to leave until the government did.

By refusing to agree to an emergency change to the European Union treaty, the UK has taken a very public step away from its neighbors.

We try and drink the Germans under the table, refusing to admit defeat despite the fact that our livers simply aren't up to the challenge.

Refusing to have the millennium-old traditional papal coronation, he instead opted for a simplified ceremony.

The migrants murdered in Tamaulipas are believed to have been murdered after refusing to work for the narcos.

Mr Netanyahu is refusing, after a ten-month freeze, to stop Israelis building settlements on the West Bank, the core of a Palestinian state.

But how would students know that there was no penalty for refusing to embrace a professor's political assumptions?

Love can be described as a restless horse which would run away, refusing to be put under control.

Mourinho has had to contend with a number of injuries this term, but he is refusing to use this as an excuse.

She argued her point like a cat with a rat, refusing to let go.

By refusing to talk to Tibet's Dalai Lama, China has set itself up for yet another protest of the Olympic torch run, this time in India.

Refusing to follow the advice, the man continued to travel northwards.

One of the released prisoners is refusing, unlike all the others, to go into exile.

refusing to accept monitoring and detection of animal epidemics by an institution for prevention and control of animal epidemics.

A more democratic Turkey is today also a more Islamist Turkey, which is now refusing to take the American line on either Israel or Iran.

He would repeat this ritual every morning until I would finally hurt his feelings by refusing to set the alarm clock.

Refusing to believe lies about myself or others regardless of the source -- including what I hear from within.

Toyota's management exhibited the same behavior recently in refusing to believe the company could make faulty cars.

Markets see-sawed all day, with S& P officials refusing to comment on their plans.

Dislike using himself was the main factor influencing condom using, and refusing of sexual partners comes next.

Rejecting the torch will be much more difficult for Taiwan to explain than refusing a pair of pandas.

They were asserting themselves as individuals having rights and duties, refusing to be regarded as subjects of the chief of state.

If you take it into your head to go on refusing every offer of marriage in this way, you will never get a husband at all.

"We started refusing cowpeas from Hainan about a month ago, just to be safe, " a spokesperson for Chendu's Haoyouduo supermarket said.

If you went through life refusing all the bait dangled before you, that would be no life at all.

And the child herself demonstrated her bladder control by flatly refusing to urinate in a plastic cup.

Its marketing machine has obfuscated for years, refusing to acknowledge that Toyota cars might be at fault.

Those who invested in hedge funds before 2008 recall bitterly how some of them "gated" investors, refusing to let them take out their money.

She was silent, refusing to disclose anything about her life at home.

He made his father angry by refusing to do farm work.

You could take the dispute to the Small Claims Court. Has he told you why he's refusing to pay?

By refusing to comply with his own agreements, he bears full guilt for the hunger and misery of innocent Iraqi citizens.

I could elect not to tip, but that is as much an option as refusing to pay your income tax because you're a member of the Tea Party.

The main southern party has withdrawn its candidate for the presidency and is refusing to compete for most of parliament's northern seats.

Our creditors are demanding payment and the banks are refusing to lend us any more money. I'm afraid we're having our backs to the wall.

You can add on a bit more, but occasionally a driver from the mainland will surprise you by refusing the additional money.

But he says there is no one to pay, because Gazprom is refusing to sign a contract that would eliminate intermediaries.

Refusing to burn out, they've clocked in a total of nine albums over the last 21 years, including this year's Reborn in Defiance.

Against this background, power companies have been refusing to pay the prices they negotiated with the coal companies earlier this year.

Its is refusing to let present loss interfere with your long-rang goal.

Super avoid relegation for refusing to release, in a similarly upgraded to avoid relegation to the Guoqing or not.

Liverpool fans thought it may have been a joke and many are refusing to buy the strip.

Japan, Russia and Canada are refusing to sign up to further commitments under Kyoto.

One of the most extreme examples of people refusing to move in the face of impending disaster is the Netherlands.

We only correct because we know, through experience gained in training, that he understands a command or rule and is refusing to do it.

Burma was criticized by the West and human rights groups for restricting access to the hardest hit areas and for refusing direct aid.

but he has other feelings which will probably soon drive away his regard for me. you do not blame me, however, for refusing him?

Some people die without ever moving out of the denial stage, refusing to acknowledge death until it's upon them.

It performed ineptly in the run up to the financial crisis and in refusing to bail out Lehman Brothers.

But, doctor, rise superior to the crowd, especially as you will wound mamma and me by refusing it.

House Republicans are adamant about refusing to compromise with the president, and are able in most instances to make good on the threat.

He grumbled out his reasons for refusing the command.

being in serious potential danger of fire, but refusing to take corrective measures after notification by the public security organs.

Yes, they say, they agreed to back America's war: refusing would have made an enemy of a superpower.

Ali had been stripped of his world heavyweight title in 1967 for refusing the Vietnam draft.

Part of a happy day is refusing to be affected by negative thoughts.

He constantly champions innovation, refusing to stop and revel in his past accomplishments.

Moutinho himself has been linked with a move away from Sporting, but he is refusing to be drawn to comment on the speculation.

They are kicking out, fighting, refusing to do things, sometimes tantruming, or hiding under the table, that sort of thing.

The convener of a teachers' union, the delightfully named Joseph Stalin, says teachers are refusing to mark exam papers.

Refusing or hindering foreign exchange control agencies to carry out legitimate supervisions or inspections.

He was ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to support the strike.

We do not agree with the attitude taken by the AUT, which is refusing to set exams.

By withdrawing their labour and refusing to co-operate , the working class can bring capitalism to its knees.

Even the development of heart disease and cancer may, at least to a degree, be staved off by refusing to grow old gracefully.

I mind nothing but your refusing my invitation.

failing to report acts violating the land administrative provisions or refusing to investigate such cases.

His wife kept refusing, but he bought one anyway.

Refusing to Attend any Activities of Customers by the Name of Insurance Service.

He teaches with a barely suppressed aggression, refusing to tolerate teenage slothfulness.

It is refusing to let present loss interfere with your long-range goal.

I saw an old man standing at his gate, knee-deep in water, refusing to move.

Just as we're refusing to grow up, they're unwilling to take it easy in their long and healthy retirements .

In periods of growth, it raised interest rates slowly, if at all, stubbornly refusing to acknowledge the course of asset prices.

He lost Conkling's support by refusing to name one of Conkling's supporters Secretary of the Treasury.

Continues refusing to pay any compensations to its wartime victims.

European Union foreign ministers have agreed to implement U. N. sanctions against Iran for refusing to stop uranium enrichment.

But the Nordic countries that are offering bilateral loans in support of the IMF's rescue package are refusing to go ahead.

Like tattoos and bitter family feuds, the US housing market is still there, stubbornly refusing to improve.

Despite all our pleas and arguments, the stubborn owner would not budge , refusing to lower his price.

Through the combination of the practice of the open-shelf reading, the definition of the book refusing was elaborated.

India has been working to overcome its reputation for prickliness after repeatedly refusing to accept the possibility of any binding cuts.

The workers are refusing to be shoved around by the employers; they demand to be treated as human beings.

For refusing to face the inevitability of death and the unsustainability of an American end-of-life medical system we just can't afford .

There will be no change to the criteria for issuing or refusing a visa, which are laid down by the British Parliament .

But instead they wanted to hang on to old legalisms, refusing to admit that they were slaves to sin and could not keep the law perfectly.

One way in which family-firms have differentiated themselves during the crisis is by refusing to slash their workforces.

Another way the state governments in the South acted against blacks was by refusing to give them the right to vote.

Refusing to be outdone by an American, Army Staff Sgt James Mazzoni-Dalton ran 86 miles.

His benevolent nature prevented him from refusing any beggar who accosted him.

The experiments involved a game that eliminated the excuses we usually have for refusing to let go.

She was driven to the verge of insanity and in time succumbed to fits of delusion, refusing to believe that Karim Pasha was dead.

Along the East Coast, American India women's councils could vote a declaration of war by refusing to supply moccasins and field rations.

But even an unpleasant truth is more than likely to be useful; besides, we have the option of refusing to believe it!

Democrats in Congress can remind Mr. Obama of his campaign promises by refusing this request.

By refusing to pay for essential investment, politicians are both perpetuating unemployment and sacrificing long-run growth.

The stock market scandal is refusing to go away, mainly because there's still no consensus over how it should be dealt with.

Former President George W. Bush, refusing to criticize President Barack Obama in his first public speech since leaving office.

The consequences of the examination include three different classes: granting, suspension and refusing.

Being busy with the final exam is the best and most convincing reason for myself for refusing typing some letters to my blog. OMG.

The United Nations Security Council has already passed three sets of sanctions against Iran for refusing to halt its enrichment program.

Oh yeah, add JVG refusing to shave his head to the list.

But back in Morococha, the resisters, many of them property owners, are holding out, refusing to move or sell their homes.

The male may even kidnap the pup, refusing to let it go until the mother pays a ransom.

And it curates and polices its App Store, refusing programs it deems potentially offensive or a threat to its own business.

If it hadnt been for their refusing to take my business I never would have stopped trading in them.

In emotional of this newspaper, refusing to solve the problem of separated couples is a counter to the spirit of central authorities.

I felt hopelessness, despair, refusing all the music, it could stimulate each of my nerves.

The US accused China of refusing to have its voluntary energy savings verified internationally.

but that, as you cannot, you have done exactly as you ought in refusing him.

Willful woman always on you, picky, cold, still keeps refusing Yueai you, she is only in the press you to use your.

But Israel and its hardline government stood firm, refusing to accept blame for the unfortunate -- and poorly planned -- raid.

Not any way for civilians going out and coming in to camps, refusing also to let other independent investigators enter the camp.

But the Palestinians are refusing to return to the negotiating table until Israel agrees to a settlement freeze.

That same year, Gallegos was suspended from the priesthood for refusing to accept the authority of a French religious superior.

In refusing to be obsolete, you challenged and defied the evolutionist historians.

After refusing to comment on their relationship for months, Pattinson finally broke his silence and admitted they were an item.

Like panhandlers refusing to step aside, they cause ads to pop up right in our face, partly covering the sites we want to see.

Even the leading Democratic candidates for the presidency are refusing to promise that all US troops will be out of Iraq by 2013.

The reporter's privilege is the right of journalists refusing to testify and provide the sources of the news.

The UN Security Council had already slapped new sanctions on Iran for refusing to suspend its suspect nuclear work.

Indian states are equally mistrustful, often refusing to share such water information as they have lest it be used to their disadvantage.

However, he disputed Ericsson's claims that ZTE had been refusing to sign a licensing agreement.

Alonso himself did nothing to dampen down the speculation by refusing to deny that he is contemplating leaving the team.

The Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, is refusing to resume talks unless the building decision is revoked.

Mrs Merkel has tried to help indebted euro members while refusing to write blank cheques.

Refusing to talk to the Palestinians' two-headed monster will not make Hamas go away.

For men who wanted to keep up with their oestrogen-boosted wives, refusing dessert would be a good place to start.

Having excoriated Justice Ginsburg for refusing to give straight answers, she will look hypocritical if she does the same.

And by refusing to embrace elective democracy, new leftists believe they have the best interests of the masses at heart.

It enforced regional planning restrictions, refusing to approve projects for law-breaking local governments until changes were made.

The pilot later got a medal for refusing to obey the president's reckless order.

Falsely reporting, concealing the report of, forging, falsifying or refusing to report the statistic data of population and family planning.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

The princess, refusing to go without the fabric she loved, would finally break the imperial ban on silk worm exportation.

Whatever the pressure, he stuck to his guns, refusing to compromise his principles.

refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

Yet the West is right to respond firmly to Russia's new belligerence by refusing to recognise the new states.

He had been fired for refusing to obey orders from the head office.

But now, some Generation Xers and younger baby boomers are quietly refusing to have their midlife crises the old-fashioned way.

Lately refusing to get into pictures with his older brother and sister and he knows how this drives me insane.

What regulations do we have in terms of refusing entry into another country?

By refusing ever to sneak a photograph, her habit was to invite her sitters to pose themselves.

Olson was dishevelled and appeared delusional at the brief hearing, refusing in the end to return to the room to hear the board's decision.

According to pseudo-scientific discourse, the white races were also being depopulated by selfish feminists refusing to have babies.

Johnson is said to be dug in, entrenched, refusing to report to training camp until he has a new contract.

If there is no certainty of victory, then follow each other's bet factors, refusing to let go.