left In keeping with his democratic ideals, Mackenzie refused the offer of a knighthood three times, and was thus the only one of Canada's first eight Prime Ministers not to be knighted.

They refused the offer by Russian officials to move to new reservations in the Commander Islands.

Hippias refused it and Iolcos as well, the Thessalian offer, as Amyntas probably did not possess Anthemous at that time, but was merely suggesting a plan of joint occupation to Hippias.

It was a tempting offer, but in the name of Allied unity, it was one he refused.

Sennett refused this amount as too large, and so the comedian waited to receive an offer from another studio.

The Liberal Party refused the offer but some of their members did cross the floor and join the government.

Their offer was refused and so 23 of the pirates landed and burned the inhabitants alive in a lime cave.

The crew's offer of assistance via the aircraft's intercom system was curtly refused.

Police refused an unsolicited offer of aid and consultation from the violent crimes experts of the Arkansas State Police, and critics suggested this was due to the WMPD being investigated by the Arkansas State Police for suspected theft from the Crittenden County drug task force.

At first he went to Barcelona, where Ramón Berenguer II ( 1076 – 1082 ) and Berenguer Ramón II ( 1076 – 1097 ) refused his offer of service.

Arundel refused Oxford's offer, and he and Howard initially sought asylum with Mendoza.

Accordingly, Dollfuss refused to reply, instead spending the night in his favorite church praying, returning in the morning for a bath and a spartan meal before replying to the President he would accept the offer.

Determined to avoid an international conflict, the United States, after some hesitation, offered to meditate the dispute, hinting to the Honduran president that if he refused the offer, open intervention might follow.

In 1858, he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Terre Haute, Indiana but was disappointed when Usher refused to offer him a place in his office.

His offer was initially refused.

In early 1995, Askar Akayev, the then President of Kyrgyzstan, attempted to sell Russian companies controlling shares in the republic's twenty-nine largest industrial plants, an offer that Russia refused.

After Gresham's death in 1895, Landis refused an offer of an ambassadorship, and returned to Chicago to practice law and marry.

He refused an offer of a television series based on Animal House to be filmed in California in order to remain close to the New York stage.

Garza refused the offer but did not report them to authorities.

In June 2011, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi said his father would agree to internationally monitored general elections, and would step down if he lost them, but his offer was refused by the rebels and ignored by the UN Security Council.

At first Neil refused the offer, but as the other members of Rock Candy became involved in outside projects, Neil grew anxious to try something else.

Suspicious of the two men, Garza refused the offer but did not report them to authorities.

The name has fallen into disfavor and is now considered to be pejorative, possibly because of a folk etymology for " Galla " ( that it came from Qal la or " قال لا ," pronounced similar to Gal la, Arabic for " he said no ") that implies they refused Muhammad's offer to convert to Islam.

However, Heaviside refused the offer, declining to accept any money unless the company were to give him full recognition.

Second-in-command Albert Armitage, a merchant officer, was offered the chance to go home on compassionate grounds, but chose to interpret the offer as a personal slight, and refused.

He became an unrestricted free agent following the season after rejecting a three-year, $ 15 million offer from the Blues because the team refused to include a no-trade clause.

Sprewell's career came to an unexpected end in 2005 when he refused a $ 21-million three-year contract offer from the Timberwolves, which he implied would not be enough to feed his children.

Hepburn refused to marry him, despite a three-year relationship, because she was too focused on her career.

In absence of Shaheen – The Kenyan Olympic Committee refused to waive the three-year eligibility delay for established athletes who switch nationalities – Kemboi rose to a main favourite status at the Athens Olympics.

This was refused in January 1969 by the Minister as the line was of a social need, and in accordance with Section 39 of the Transport Act 1968 as subsidy could be paid with Treasury approval for a three-year period.

Brown refused, was fined $ 480, and sentenced to eighteen months in prison.

According to Pearson, the dry cleaners lost his pants ( which he brought in for a $ 10. 50 alteration ) and refused his demands for a large refund.

Tureaud was once anonymously offered $ 75, 000 to assassinate a target and received in the mail a file of the hit and an advance of $ 5, 000, but he refused it.

Recent examples include Vice President Dick Cheney's whirlwind two-hour visit to collect $ 300, 000 in 2006 and Senator Barack Obama's somewhat longer three-hour trip in November, 2007 to collect $ 200, 000 Both refused to meet with the news media, press the flesh or meet with local politicians, inconceivable in Iowa or New Hampshire.

Picasso refused to be paid $ 100, 000 for it, donating it to the people of the city.

Alone among State Premiers, he had refused to agree to the Federal Government's $ 10 billion Murray-Darling Basin water conservation plan, and his son had been involved in an accident involving a charge of drink driving.

Saddam urged the Kuwaitis to forgive the Iraqi debt accumulated in the war, some $ 30 billion, but they refused.

Another account states that Tesla resigned when he was refused a raise to $ 25 per week.

After Tripoli made new demands on the new President for an immediate sum of $ 225, 000 and an annual payment of $ 25, 000, President Jefferson refused and at that point decided it would be easier to fight the pirates than give into their continuing demands.

Bernhardt reportedly refused a $ 10, 000 offer by a showman to display her amputated leg as a medical curiosity ( while P. T.

Most likely due to Rex Ingram's lack of faith in him, the studio refused to give him a raise beyond the $ 350 a week he had made for Four Horsemen.

The 1970s were marked by conflicts between the CTW and the federal government ; in 1978, the U. S. Department of Education refused to deliver a $ 2 million check until the last day of CTW's fiscal year.

U. S. District Judge Richard Matsch refused, however, to impose the $ 14 million restitution asked for by prosecutors, saying he would not sentence her to a " life of poverty.

In 2010 in Tennessee, a home caught fire and the fire department refused to put the fire out because the household had failed to pay their fire fee of $ 75. 00.

Behind schedule after several actresses had refused the role, the studio accepted Colbert's demand that she be paid $ 50, 000 and that filming was to be completed within four weeks to allow her to take a planned vacation.

In 1940, Colbert refused a seven-year contract that would have paid her $ 200, 000 a year, as she had found that she could command a fee of $ 150, 000 per film as a freelance artist.

He had refused to wait for an arranged marriage to a European princess, opting instead for the promise of the $ 200, 000 fortune Susan brought to the marriage.

Behan submitted a bill for $ 796. 84 to the county for posse expenses, but he refused to reimburse the Earps for any of their costs.

After the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held both Barnett and Lieutenant Governor Paul B. Johnson, Jr. in contempt with fines of more than $ 10, 000 for each day they refused to allow Meredith to enroll, Meredith, escorted by a force of U. S. Marshals, entered the campus on September 30, 1962.

Unable to afford the asking price, and concerned that, ostensibly because of the former private owner's tax concerns, Witten refused to reveal the provenance of the map, Yale contacted another alumnus, Paul Mellon, who agreed to buy it ( for a price later stated to be about $ 300, 000 ) and donate it to the university if it could be authenticated.

He refused to fight Johnson until Australian promoter Hugh D. McIntosh paid him $ 30, 000 for the fight ( Johnson only received $ 5, 000 ).