By Evan Osnos September 23, 2009 As a foreign journalist in China, you learn to be creative about rejecting acts of courtesy.
One of the more prominent organizations on the list is the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which opposes discrimination against Muslims and, on its Web site, has featured videos of American Muslims rejecting acts of terrorism as violations of Islam's tenets.
But as our special report this week argues, the main culprit has been direct democracy: recalls, in which Californians fire elected officials in mid-term; referendums, in which they can reject acts of their legislature; and especially initiatives, in which the voters write their own rules.
Abdullah spoke out against violence in the Middle East stating that "we reject acts of terrorism which are aimed at undermining stability in the gulf region".
Broad may reject durationless acts of sensing, but he does not reject acts of sensing of varying extents or durations, and [A1-A2] includes as proper parts many acts of finite duration that are shorter than itself, and just as [A1-A2] apprehenDs D as a whole, so too do all these finite parts.
Sinn Féin rejected the act as incompatible with its republican aspirations, and it never came into force in "Southern Ireland".
The Liberals, having rejected the act in opposition, enacted it in government – a pattern Labour oppositions have repeated in recent decades.
We were so busy judging others that we automatically rejected any act of decency from people who just wanted to understand our culture.
Both leaders also said in a joint statement that they rejected "all acts of terrorism".
Onegin, of course, breaks down entirely when, now smitten by Tatyana — the girl he haughtily rejected two acts before — she turns the tables and rejects him, while admitting she still loves him.
