Her refusal to identify the father created ready-made material for the gossip sheets.
At the same time, his perseverance reflects an absolute refusal to identify as a victim.
Mr. Hiibel was never charged with any criminal offense beyond his refusal to identify himself.
Her refusal to identify those sources has led to a contempt citation that could lead to fines of up to $5,000 per day.
Feminists, in particular, often mistrusted her work, and for Spark's staunch refusal to "identify" as a woman, an ethnic Jew, a Scot or anything else.
Attorney General John Ashcroft has been the most vocal defender of the government's refusal to identify everyone who had been arrested.
Lola's refusal to identify as either male or female, despite using a female name, caused the clinic to refuse the request for breast reduction surgery.
At the same time, I decided my lack of information made it impossible to fairly evaluate for readers Ms. Miller's refusal to identify confidential sources and how The Times was handling the matter.
In the crisis, and particularly in the government's initial refusal to identify what turned out to be deadly gas, these critics saw troubling indications that Soviet autocracy and unaccountability lingered in today's Russia.
The disappearance of the files, along with Mr. Kohl's refusal to identify anonymous donors who gave him $1 million, added to suspicions that political backers had bought favors from the government.
