That laziness is costly — about the same as turning down a check worth thousands of dollars.
Sacking Roberto Mancini was not popular, just as turning down Mourinho was not.
But Obama also did not want to be seen as turning down military commanders in wartime, so he agreed to grant all the requests for 2009, Levin said.
"Instead of thinking of it as turning down that job, I thought of it as taking the job of being mom to my girls," she says.
He has, of course, also done some great movies - Raising Arizona, Face/Off, Leaving Las Vega - as well as turning down some truly great roles - Lord of the Rings, Matrix.
The report, by market researchers Mintel, shows that many of Britain's 26 million homes fail to make simple adjustments such as turning down thermostats, switching off lights and switching off appliances rather than leaving them on standby.
To the list of simple steps such as turning down thermostats, insulating hot-water cylinders and fitting draught excluders to rattling windows, Banks adds tips such as ensuring there is space behind the fridge.
This technology has wide_ranging therapeutic potential and could lay the groundwork for treating diseases where a gene's expression needs to be altered (such as turning down CCR5 in HIV), or where a mutation needs to be repaired (such as sickle cell diseases or hemophilia).
Political displays, such as turning down a White House invitation, can be more divisive.
