However, the Wizard of Oz dismisses their concerns out of hand, and Glinda and Elphaba have no choice but to return to Shiz.

The new demagogue Cleophon dismisses peace overtures made by Sparta.

David Dumville dismisses the whole concept of transplanting foederati from Scotland to Wales in this manner, given that the political state of sub-Roman Britain would probably have made it impossible to exercise such centralised control by the fifth century.

Harms's trenchant style made him very popular, and he did great service for his cause especially in 1817, when, on the 300th anniversary of the Reformation, he published side by side with Luther's theses, ninety-five of his own, attacking reason as " the pope of our time " who " dismisses Christ from the altar and throws God's word from the pulpit.

The jury — made up of notorious figures like Benedict Arnold, John Wilkes Booth, Lizzie Borden, Blackbeard, John Dillinger, the starting line-up of the 1976 Philadelphia Flyers, and former U. S. President Richard Nixon ( who, at the time of the episode's premiere, was still alive, although Ned points out that this was part of a deal Nixon made with him ) — rules in favor of the Simpsons and the Grim Reaper judge dismisses the case.

Hans Schmidt concludes that while Spivak made a cogent argument for taking the suppressed testimony seriously, he embellished his article with his " overblown " claims regarding Jewish financiers, which Schmidt dismisses as guilt by association not supported by the evidence of the Butler-MacGuire conversations themselves.

Caroline is mentioned in the third series of the BBC comedy Blackadder, in which Mr. E. Blackadder dismisses Caroline as a potential wife for George because she " has the worst personality in Germany " ( allegedly " up against some pretty stiff competition ").

The Biography of Early Australia dismisses Macarthur's complaints as ridiculous and quotes Evatt as saying that legally Macarthur was guilty of two out of the three charges brought against him including sedition.

* 1956: University of Tasmania Council dismisses Professor Sydney Orr, alleging improper conduct by him with female student ; Orr launches unsuccessful court action against university for wrongful dismissal

Oldacre swears revenge against Holmes, who serenely dismisses the villain's threats.

* June 10, 2004: A New Paltz Town Court Justice dismisses the charges against Mayor West, ruling that the district attorney had failed to show that the state had a legitimate interest in preventing the marriages, or that the law under which West was charged was constitutional.

* July 13, 2004: Another New Paltz Town Court Justice dismisses all of the charges against the Unitarian Universalist ministers, for essentially the same reasons.

Upon their mutual recognition, John writes, in his lawyer's notebook, a message to Cook and flashes it across the court, threatening to expose the judge's fetish — upon reading the makeshift sign, Cook quickly dismisses all charges against John.

Torvald dismisses her fears and explains that although Krogstad is a good worker and seems to have turned his life around, he must be fired because he is not deferential enough to Torvald in front of other bank personnel.

Some countries have alternative provisions for senior appointments: In Sweden, under the Instrument of Government of 1974, the Speaker of the Riksdag has the role of formally appointing the Prime Minister, following a vote in the Riksdag, and the Prime Minister in turn appoints and dismisses cabinet ministers at his / her sole discretion.

** President of Pakistan Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismisses Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto, accusing her of corruption and abuse of power.

She shows signs of short-term memory loss, but dismisses her symptoms.

While Katherina displays physical cruelty on stage – in the tying together of her sister's hands, the beating of Hortensio with his lute, and the striking of Petruchio – Petruchio utilises cruelty as a psychological weapon ; he purposely misunderstands, dismisses, and humiliates Katherina, while all the time attempting to project his own wishes onto her.

The only things that show up are a hungry stray dog named Prince that starts feeding on Gerald's body and a terrifying, deformed apparition that may or may not be real, whom Jessie first mistakes for the ghost of her long dead father but dismisses it later.

" Osgood dismisses all this information as insignificant ; he loves " Daphne " and is determined to marry her.

The court dismisses this as the doctor ’ s love for her, but then finally Stella, holding old deep romantic feelings for the doctor, corroborates the doctor's story, saying that her husband had confessed the truth about the rape to her on the day he was killed.

She then dismisses any errors she may make as trivial, asserting that she does not mean for her text to be taken as truth.

Raskolnikov dismisses him immediately as a potential husband for his sister, and realizes that she only accepted him to help her family.

Despite being overjoyed to have Buffy back, he is furious at Willow for invoking such dark magic, and angrily dismisses her as " a rank, arrogant amateur.

" In her later teenage years, she became a fan of American indie rock bands including Pixies, Television and Slint, though not as many critics have suspected, Patti Smith ; a frequent comparison that Harvey dismisses as " lazy journalism.

The Prime Minister appoints and dismisses his ministers at his or her sole discretion.

She makes her farewell, repeating their aunt's maxim to Harriet that ' whenever the matrimonial alliance is broke, and war declared between husband and wife, she can hardly make a disadvantageous peace for herself on any conditions ' but Mrs Fitzpatrick contemptuously dismisses this advice.

Buffy tries to explain her feelings to Xander in Joss Whedon's " Turbulence " ( 2010 ), though he dismisses this feelings as her need for stability ; Xander admits to Buffy, that he truly loves Dawn.

The episode presents some of Tara's blood family: a cold, strident father who has lied to her all her life, telling her that her magical powers are a result of her being half-demon, an intimidating brother, and a judgmental cousin, all of whom Tara dismisses at the end of the episode.

Although to Solness these fantasies are indications of his own madness, Hilda dismisses them as no more than rationalisations to appease his uneasy conscience regarding the supernatural " helpers and servers " he believes he conjures up to help him to worldly success.

Physiologist Keys flatly dismisses such appetite depressants as the amphetamines ( Benzedrine, Dexedrine ) as dangerous `` crutches for a weak will ''.

Abrahams realizes this is a cover for their anti-Semitism and class-based sense of superiority, and dismisses their concern.

::: The King appoints and dismisses his ministers. The Federal Government offers its resignation to the King if the House of Representatives, by an absolute majority of its members, adopts a motion of no confidence proposing a successor to the prime minister for appointment by the King or proposes a successor to the prime minister for appointment by the King within three days of the rejection of a motion of confidence.

* 1907 – George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket.

He is the head of the Cabinet and appoints and dismisses the Ministers of State ; the literal translation of the Japanese name for the office is Minister for the Comprehensive Administration of the Cabinet or Minister that Presides over the Cabinet.

Hume acknowledges that some historians have argued " that he was well qualified for government, had he legally obtained it ; and that he committed no crimes but such as were necessary to procure him possession of the crown ", but he dismisses this view on the grounds that Richard's exercise of arbitrary power encouraged instability.

Although the Doctor dismisses this as impossible, at the conclusion of the episode, he opens and closes the doors by doing just that, eschewing the need for a key.

Describing the Bible as " fabulous mythology ", Paine questions whether or not it was revealed to its writers and doubts that the original writers can ever be known ( he dismisses the idea that Moses wrote the Pentateuch, for example ).

Maoism broke with the state capitalist framework of the Soviet Union under Nikita Khrushchev and dismisses it as modern revisionism, a traditional pejorative term among communists referring to those who fight for capitalism in the name of socialism.

The Spectator is one of the few British publications that still ignores or dismisses most examples of popular culture, in the way that ( for example ) The Daily Telegraph did under Bill Deedes, or The Times did under William Haley.

The princess dismisses everyone, except for Jeff.

Euhemeristic attempts on the part of readers whose own cultural background dismisses the mythic fleece as a fanciful object have interpreted the Golden Fleece " realistically " as reflecting some actual cultural object or alleged historical practice grounded in economics: for example, in the twentieth century it was suggested that the story of the Golden Fleece signified the bringing of sheep husbandry to Greece from the east ; in other readings more schooled in mythology it would refer to golden grain, or to the sun.

Ronald Syme argues for a date around 390, immediately before the compilation of the Augustan History, and dismisses the anachronism as unimportant ; readers would understand that these passages represented Trogus ' time, not their own.

Madeline dismisses the spa owner's advice and returns home to prepare for the party.

However, more recent scholarship ( Dumville, 1985 ) dismisses the Nennian preface as a late forgery, and argues for characterizing the work as an anonymous compilation ( See # Authorship and Dating ).