And then, as vice-president, Miss Megawati will take over.No doubt more offers, counter-offers, refusals and denials will follow in the next few days and weeks.
How does one counter such cretinous refusals to treat women with respect?
Children also benefit from learning about violence and brutishness in fairy tales, Bettelheim writes, for it counters the "widespread refusal to let children know that the source of much that goes wrong in our life is due to our natures — the propensity of all men for acting aggressively, asocially, selfishly".
This exclusion on partisan grounds has been compared, terribly, to the discrimination against blacks at lunch counters, or the refusal to bake cakes for gay weddings, or any other number of prejudicial infractions companies lodge against minorities.
Countering misconceptions Most of the refusals are related to misconceptions that the vaccine is unsafe or is related to family planning.
In view of this finding, programmes promoting abstinence must target adolescents aged 15-19 years and also emphasize sex-refusal skills to counter the restraining forces obstructing the adoption of abstinence.
I would counter that it's precisely Orwell's refusal to ennoble the poor that gives the book its power.
In all cases, repeated attempts to contact by phone and offers to meet in the community will be made until explicit refusal from the patient, to counter the common ambivalence that can delay entry into care.
The outlaw biker culture seemed like an easy boogie monster for the media and politicians to point their finger because of the entrenched rebellious nature, the counter-culture image, and refusal to adhere to the rules and laws of nine-to-five society.
"At the highest levels of the agency, there seems to be a belief that you can mandate reality," he wrote, "followed by a refusal to accept any information that runs counter to that mandate".
