In that context we might rethink our outrage over the Copenhagen Zoo's refusal of offers from others willing to take Marius, refusals that may have been based on compassion.
A Prison Service spokeswoman refused to comment on Cregan's status or condition, but added: "We take food refusal extremely seriously.
Or take the refusal to support a test-ban treaty; or America's rejection of efforts to add a checking mechanism to the convention banning biological weapons.
Parents of young boys need to look for the telltale signs of the deformity: hunched shoulders, baggy clothes, refusal to take off shirts, refusal to take part in sports or anything involving movement, always hiding his chest behind an object Talk to your kids.
Other patient factors included poor compliance with treatment such as refusal to take medications or refusal to undergo admission or surgery.
He said he had taken her refusals to heart, and would not be mentioning the matter again, which panicked her into encouraging him to ask one more time.
Taking our refusal slightly sulkily, they turned back toward the parking lot.
His critics point out that the Swedes cannot onward-extradite him without the British Home Secretary's permission but he takes her refusal to rule it out as an implication that it would be granted.
What happens if your employer takes your refusal to consent as evidence that there is something seriously amiss with your credit report?
