In May, Mr. Christie, who wants to make the court more conservative, refused to retain John E. Wallace Jr., the only black justice, and instead named Anne M. Patterson to the court.
The seat had previously been occupied by Judge Edward G. Loring, who Harvard's Overseers refused to retain after he ruled that Burns be returned to slavery.
Manchester United skipper Nemanja Vidic is refusing to abandon dreams of retaining the Premier League title just yet.
The new law has reduced that time to 12 months, but a blanket ban is still retained, refusing to take account of criteria such as whether the man is in a long-term monogamous relationship, whether he uses protection, or if he's recently been tested and cleared.
He sought to retain his independence, refusing to kowtow to the authorities.
But Sport England has made slow progress towards its targets, and Robertson yesterday refused to commit to retaining them, beyond saying the new plans were a co-ordinated response to criticisms he had often made in opposition.
The only power that remains to them is the word "no," and when, at last, an inmate refuses to be filmed, to retain her last shred of privacy and dignity, her declaration arrives with the force of a blow.
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"The tax system is unsustainable," says Jackson Sikamo, who heads Zambia's Chamber of Mines.Mr Lungu has refused to back down, retaining the finance minister, Alexander Chikwanda, who introduced the tax hikes earlier this year.
During the Italian wars, meetings of the Estates became more frequent as the king's financial demands became more strident, and, though the Estates never felt themselves able to refuse to provide money, they retained the right to provide less than the monarch requested.
