" She has also rejected an immigrant designation for African-Americans and instead prefers the term " black " or " white " to denote the African and European U. S. founding populations.

She began doing casting calls for an agent, but was rejected multiple times because the agent felt that she was too young.

She rejected white interpretations of scripture that urged slaves to be obedient and found guidance in the Old Testament tales of deliverance.

She had already sent Pippi Longstocking to the Bonniers publishing house but it was rejected.

She changed her name in order to get the job ( her application under her real, Jewish-sounding name, Estelle Wilovsky, was rejected ).

She rejected his proposal twice, in 1921 and 1922, reportedly because she was reluctant to make the sacrifices necessary to become a member of the royal family.

She was rudely rejected by every person, except for a shepherd who gave her refuge and warmly shared everything he had.

She was later rejected by the composer.

She has rejected love all her life in favour of ambition, but after her marriage, she falls in love with Henry's handsome courtier Thomas Culpeper ( Robert Donat ).

" She auditioned for admission to Eva LeGallienne's Manhattan Civic Repertory, but was rejected by LeGallienne who described her attitude as " insincere " and " frivolous ".

She claimed to paint instinctively and rejected artistic theories.

She angrily rejected his proposal and locked herself in the bathroom until he left.

She was also offered the title of Augusta, previously only given to Augustus's wife Livia, but rejected it.

She was overcome by lust for the boy, who was very handsome but still young, and tried to seduce him, but was rejected.

She rejected the high school nearest her home when she complained that the chemistry lab was " just like a kitchen sink.

" She rejected the Aristotelianism and mechanical philosophy of the seventeenth century.

She has voted in favor of lifting the ban on privately funded abortions at U. S. military facilities overseas ( HA 209, rejected ), in favor of an amendment that would repeal a provision that forbids service women and dependents from getting an abortion in overseas military hospitals ( HA 722, rejected ), in favor of stripping the prohibition of funding for organizations working overseas that uses its own funds to provide abortion services or engage in advocacy related to abortion services ( HA 997, rejected ).

She worked on a Maternity Insurance law but since the majority of the Federal Council rejected the proposal, she had to ask the people to reject her own text, as she had to respect collegiality.

She therefore rejected the English proposals.

" She rejected the lesser " Charter " and less formal solutions, arguing the full structure of real regional government were necessary, and applied to the urban area alone.

She rejected his proposal, however, stating that the chemistry was not there.

She published a number of travel articles in the Hibernia journal and the Irish Independent newspaper, but her Spanish travel book was rejected by publishers.

She sometimes makes unsettling romantic advances towards Laura.

Fräulein Bürstner – A boarder in the same house as Josef K. She lets him kiss her one night, but then rebuffs his advances.

She wrote of the Americans, " The boy learns to make advances and rely upon the girl to repulse them whenever they are inappropriate to the state of feeling between the pair ", as contrasted to the British, where " the girl is reared to depend upon a slight barrier of chilliness ... which the boys learn to respect, and for the rest to rely upon the men to approach or advance, as warranted by the situation.

She awakened, he identified himself and offered her two choices: she could submit to his sexual advances and become his wife and future queen, or he would kill her and one of her slaves and place the bodies together, then claim he had caught her having adulterous sex ( see sexuality in ancient Rome for Roman attitudes toward sex ).

She pursued Enipeus, who refused her advances.

She spurned his advances, turning herself into a mare so that she could hide in a herd of horses ; he saw through the deception and became a stallion and captured her.

She is the second daughter of a Norman nobleman and the marriage politically advances her family.

She was also known to wear heavy makeup around her eyes and carry a tambourine which she could use to fend off the amorous advances of Pantalone.

She advances Rawdon's interests tirelessly, flirting with men such as General Tufto and the Marquis of Steyne in order to get him promoted.

She rejects Claudius ' advances, enraging him, and he has her abducted.

She tells him she's " highly attracted " to him, but he spurns her advances, wanting only sleep.

She repulses all their advances, but gradually warms to Jim.

She pursued Enipeus, who refused her advances.

She pursued Enipeus, who refused her advances.

She pursued Enipeus, who refused her advances.

She pursued Enipeus, who refused her advances.

She is turned into a white doe by a wizard of the tribe when she rejects his advances.

She advances through the labyrinth alone and overcomes a series of obstacles during her journey, including a Knights and Knaves logic puzzle, before eventually trapping herself in an oubliette.

She mentions she refused his advances at the time because he had presented himself as " a pure monk.

She discovers quickly that Martha and Lettie have switched places, but accepts Lettie as her apprentice anyway and encourages her to accept Howl's advances and become his pupil, though she eventually chooses Suliman instead.

She had to fend off Harry Cohn's advances during her career in Columbia.

She studied law and became a lawyer, but because she declined Trujillo's romantic advances, he ordered that while she would be issued a degree she was not to receive her practitioner's license.

She would appear as a lustful hag, and most men would refuse her advances, except for one man who accepted.

She tries to convince him to join Wolfram & Hart, but he refuses her advances.