But even as the tide turned Mr. Cimino kept his distance, declining to present the film.
But the Met declined to present it because Mr. Wainwright insisted on keeping the libretto in French.
The defense declined to present any evidence, and the case is to go to the jury Friday after closing arguments.
The Rolling Stones have never been rock 'n' roll idealists, and they declined to present themselves as music lovers.
On Wednesday, as Major Hasan declined to present a defense, Colonel Poppe sat to his left, saying nothing.
The defense, cross-examining Cornish, tried to suggest that he was the murderer, then threw the courtroom into turmoil by declining to present a case.
Mr. Singh, 35, who was born in Jamaica and came to the United States when he was a year old, has declined to present documents to political allies, opponents and the public proving that he is a United States citizen.
But they declined to present evidence in open court to support their assertion, and Mr. Royer was released after agreeing to wear a monitoring device, according to his lawyer, Douglas Couleur.
But Mr. Turre, who turned 60 this year, has usually declined to present his music as Latin jazz per se: he sees the style as part of a constellation of interests, alongside funk and jazz and R&B.
In 1984 critic Hugo Brandt Corstius was selected to receive the prize, but, because of scathing remarks he had made about Dutch politicians, the minister of education, culture, and science declined to present it to him.
