These days, many scientists span a middle ground admitting the possibility of an omnipotent force, but refusing to assert one exists because, well, "we just don't know".
He will try to trip you up into refusing to assert that the real enemy in the region is "Radical Islamic Extremism" and that your refusal to use the phrase is testament to your misunderstanding of the nature of the enemy we face.
The agency fined St. Barnabas $60,000, but the hospital is refusing to pay, asserting that the city has refused to divulge how it came up with those findings.
At the opening of the hearing, Beth Dozoretz, a close friend of Mr. Clinton who had urged him to grant the Rich pardon, appeared briefly, refusing to testify, asserting her constitutional right against self-incrimination.
After winning back control of Cape Town's city council earlier this year, the DA says that the ANC is refusing to let it assert its authority over the city.In any event, other watchdogs, apart from the DA, are also effective.
Pyrrhonian moral skeptics can then (i) accept skepticism about extremely justified moral belief but (ii) deny skepticism about modestly justified moral belief and (iii) refuse to either assert or deny (dogmatic) skepticism about any moral belief being justified (without qualification).
Mr. Ouellette refuses to budge, asserting that since he has been there longer, his neighbor is the one who should move out.
The report of a possible payment seemed intended to suggest that the United States may be admitting fault for the collision -- something American officials have refused to do, asserting that such flights outside China's 12-mile territorial waters are legal and that the collision was caused by the Chinese pilot's recklessly close swoops.
But refusing to increase revenues, he asserted, would necessitate cuts in programs that award college scholarships, finance the National Weather Service and medical research, and improve food safety.
The province's fledgling assembly tried to assert its independence by refusing to recognize a border treaty signed by Yugoslavia and Macedonia but was immediately overruled by the United Nations governor.
OMAHA — The investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett unleashed a withering attack on Donald J. Trump on Monday for refusing to release his tax returns, asserting he had something to hide, and for misleading voters about his success as a businessman and ability to improve the American economy.
