Although he's never taken on commercial work, he's never been opposed to it and has only refused because propositions have been off-brand.
For the record -- and for my wife who might be reading this -- I adamantly refused these propositions for reasons that are not entirely clear to me today.
A colleague of theirs speculated that had Johnson refused the proposition, she would eventually have been sidelined from Masters's study.
She might think, or hope, that she could quietly refuse sexual propositions and keep her job, until it became clear she couldn't — that she was in fact dealing with a quid-pro-quo arrangement.
Some harassees are perfect victims — they cleanly and clearly refuse all propositions and call out all inappropriate comments, do not suffer any setbacks at work that might be construed as their own fault rather than retribution, and then file an amply documented complaint with the correct authority in a non-vindictive spirit.
François Hollande refuse la proposition de Sarkozy de tenir 3 débats, s'en tient à un (AFP) — itele (@itele) April 22, 2012 In a victory speech, François Hollande told a crowd of cheering supporters that he was now "the best placed to become the next president" of France.
Officials in California refused to defend Proposition 8, the voter initiative that banned same-sex marriage in the state, or to appeal the lower-court decisions invalidating it.
The State of California refused to defend Proposition 8 at the trial, so Judge Walker allowed a group called ProtectMarriage.com, which organized the campaign for the proposition, to present the defense.
Mr. Brown "showed his hand even before he became governor when as attorney general he refused to defend Proposition 8," Mr. Gerston said, referring to the 2008 state ballot initiative banning gay marriage.
As state attorney general, Harris refused to defend Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot measure approved by California voters that banned gay marriage, after it was struck down by a federal court.
The governor and state attorney general who refused to defend Proposition 8 will surely claim a broader injunction, and it may be possible if needed to avoid stigmatizing the couples who got initial relief.
