He plucked the strings with his index finger like a bassist, played a phrase with the guitar behind his head, changed up the strumming rhythm of a song at will — all in the service of anti-charisma, all part of a larger refusal to be a guitar hero or a middle-aged art-punk or Paul McCartney.
In Connecticut, state officials have more or less threatened LEAs, while New York, home of the largest test refusal movement in the country, has tried to woo back refusing parents to the wonderful world of testing with a series of concessions on the use of tests for teacher assessment and the timed nature of the tests and a nifty "tool kit" to explain how awesome testing can be.
Hear me now and believe me later: if Rick Perry become president, Democrats will not stage a large-scale refusal to appoint any of his nominees unless he enacts policies they desire.
After the first stage of the mobilisation failed to deter Croatian forces, the second stage commenced on 15 September; it was met with a large-scale refusal of mobilised personnel to report to their designated units, desertions and an overall lack of enthusiasm for the campaign.
All of them remain at large and the refusal of the Sudanese government to cooperate with the Court has been consistent since that date.
In large part, the refusal to consider legitimate export or even stockpiling of poppy crops under the supervision of international organizations has been the result of the "war on drugs" waged by the U.S. that has stifled creative and productive thinking within organizations like the INCB.
"The families have to give their consent, but we end up having large rates of refusals.
There was a large number of refusals, mostly by women going away to think about it and not returning.
The payroll tax cut will add $100 billion to the deficit, a consequence, in large part, of Republicans' refusal to raise taxes on the rich to pay it.
