It's like a chef saying he or she only wants to learn how to specialize in French cuisine, but refuses to experiment with others, or a skydiver who says, "Hey, I'll get on the plane, but I probably won't jump".
During the House Republicans' experiment with refusing to raise the debt ceiling last year, MacGuineas issued a press release stating that "[t]hreatening to blow up the nation's credit rating and potentially the economy should not be seen as a legitimate negotiating strategy".
The experiments involved a game that eliminated the excuses we usually have for refusing to let go.
Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani considered trying to oust Mr. Thompson from the presidency last year, after Mr. Thompson refused to support his proposal to experiment with a voucher program that would use tax dollars to finance private school tuition for some students.
Kristen Wiig and Amy Poehler, from "Saturday Night Live," were the only partygoers who refused to submit to the experiment.
Among the defendants whose trials were televised were Joel B. Steinberg, who in 1989 was convicted of beating his illegally adopted daughter to death, and Colin Ferguson, who was convicted in 1995 of murdering six passengers on the Long Island Rail Road.Legislators cited the Simpson trial, among other reasons, when they refused to renew the camera experiment.
When I refused to die in the experiment where Mengele thought I would die (read about it here: What gives you hope during tough times?), Miriam was taken back to the lab and was injected with something that stunted the growth of her kidneys.
No candidate refused to participate in the experiment.
Iran has refused to discuss alleged weapons experiments for three years, saying they are based on "fabricated documents" provided by a "few arrogant countries" – a phrase authorities in Iran often use to refer to the US and its allies.
The computational grid refused to execute computation during the experiment due to Globus certificates expiration.
