On January 10, 2008, the American Jewish Congress ( AJCongress ) released an official statement critical of Ms. magazine's refusal to accept from them a full page advertisement honoring three prominent Israeli women: Dorit Beinisch ( president of the Supreme Court of Israel ), Tzipi Livni ( Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel ), and Dalia Itzik ( speaker of the Knesset ).

At the time of the museum's 1995 opening, it had been reported that Hoffberger's rejection of academic scholarship and her refusal to follow tradition perhaps had upset prominent members of the art world.

In 1915, together with such other prominent suffragists as Catherine Marshall and Agnes Maude Royden, she resigned from the National Union over its refusal to send delegates to the International Women's Congress at the Hague.

Aside from a majority of Canadians themselves, and the domestic NGOs, prominent international opponents of CAPP include Greenpeace and ForestEthics and nine living Nobel Peace Prize winners who advocated US refusal to approve the Keystone XL pipeline.

A prominent figure in the Sydney Chinese community and former member of the Liberal Party of Australia, he became concerned over the Liberal Party's refusal to oppose strongly the rise of Pauline Hanson and her One Nation Party, and ultimately went on to found the Unity Party.

From the very famous Curse of the Bambino to some players ' refusal to wash their clothes or bodies after a win, superstition is present in all parts of baseball.

But the concession that a relatively small number of Jews were killed was routinely used by Holocaust deniers to distract attention from the far more important fact of their refusal to admit that the figure ran into the millions, and that a large proportion of these victims were systematically murdered by gassing as well as by shooting.

* In the Vestibule of Hell in Dante's Divine Comedy, a figure is seen " who made the great refusal ".

John Pym, MP for Tavistock, quickly emerged as a major figure in debate ; his long speech on 17 April expressed the refusal of the House of Commons to vote subsidies unless royal abuses were addressed.

Sasshi's refusal to accept that reality is one of the reasons why he and Arumi are unable to return to their dimension, with Masayuki often depicted as a figure of high authority or importance in each parallel world.

An Egyptian philosopher, reformer, judge, member of Egypt ’ s aristocratic class, and central figure of the Nahda Movement, Amin advocated Egyptian women ’ s rights declaring they were “ slaves of their husbands ,” with no identity of their own and that this refusal of natural rights kept the nation in the dark.

The Vichy regime's collaboration with the Nazi Holocaust led to the extermination of 76, 000 French Jews ( the Vichy authorities however gave preferential treatment to " integrated " Jews who had been in France from two to five generations and who had fought in World War I or held important administrative positions in the government ), and of all other Western European countries, this figure is second only to Germany ; but many Jews were also saved by acts of heroism and administrative refusal to participate in the deportation ( three quarters of France's Jewish population was spared, a higher proportion than any other European country touched by the holocaust ).

Unlike Hitler, who saw the Non-Aggression Pact as merely a pragmatic device forced on him by circumstances, namely the refusal of Britain or Poland to play the roles Hitler had allocated to them, Ribbentrop regarded the Non-Aggression Pact as integral to his anti-British policy.

King had long yearned to play a more central political role, and had personal grudges against Wilson ( including Wilson's refusal to propose King for the hereditary earldom that King coveted ).

The lone hold-outs are Dick and Joanna, who keep their property thanks largely to Dick's refusal to play along with what he views as the latest demented whim of the townspeople.

On tour in 1986, however, Fogerty suffered complaints over his steadfast refusal to play Creedence songs live and suffered with recurring vocal problems which he blamed on having to testify in court.

Two core strategic factors came into play: ( 1 ) the use of shared components in AMC products and ( 2 ) a refusal to participate in the Big Three's restyling race.

The two parted ways after only a couple of single releases, due to the band's refusal to play by the label's rules.

Fenriz is known for his refusal to play live, his obsessiveness about music listening, supporting other underground bands and his lack of interest in the mainstream music business in general.

Spencer made virtually no contribution, owing to his reported refusal to play on any of Green's original material.

More than any other player in his era, McEnroe was responsible for reviving U. S. interest in the Davis Cup, which had been shunned by Jimmy Connors and other leading U. S. players, and had not seen a top U. S. player regularly compete since Arthur Ashe ( Connors ' refusal to play Davis Cup in lieu of lucrative exhibitions became a source of enmity between him and Ashe ).

After graduating from Emerson High School in 1931 with high marks, he briefly planned to leave Gary for Arkansas, where he hoped to win an athletic scholarship, but college officials did not admit him owing to his refusal to play any sport besides basketball.

A number of rule proposals by the club were rejected by the FA in February 1867 and the London Committee were reluctant to commit to further fixtures over Sheffield's refusal to play strictly to FA rules.

Nemirovich overcame Chekhov's refusal to allow the play to appear in Moscow and convinced Stanislavski to direct the play for their innovative and newly founded Moscow Art Theatre in 1898.

Australian commentators sometimes deride the competition, citing the British refusal ever to play the game outside of the UK, the effects of jet lag on the Australian teams ( who often arrive in England only a couple of days before the game ) and the wintry conditions as reasons for Australian teams ' poor performances.

And all along, the US media will not only simply roll over and play half-dead, as usual, but will cheerfully accept the easy, comfortable way out, never bothering to ask the obvious questions, never pointing to the decades-old record of rejection from Ariel Sharon, his open refusal to accept a viable Palestinian state, his brutality, his war crimes, and his relentless sabotaging of all chances, minor or major, at advancing political dialog.

This honesty, and his refusal to " play along " with policies and actions he knew were illegal, got him into difficulties with corrupt officials on more than one occasion.

Barnett began as a close friend but fell out over Hammond's treatment of his first wife and later his refusal to play in Barnett's benefit match.

In 1943, Roy Zimmerman's refusal to play an exhibition game without compensation resulted in his trade from the Washington Redskins to the Philadelphia Eagles.

He had clashed with more of his team by this stage: he had argued with Gubby Allen at least twice about that bowler's refusal to bowl Bodyline ( although he did bowl bouncers and fielded in the " leg trap ", the fielders who waited for catches close in on the leg side ); and the Nawab of Pataudi had refused to field in the " leg trap ", to which Jardine responded, " I see his highness is a conscientious objector ", and subsequently allowed Pataudi to play little part in the tour.

However, Friday's individual style of play and refusal to change his game resulted in each of these clubs losing patience with him.

During UEFA Euro 2004, he announced his refusal to play for Barça as long as Frank Rijkaard was in charge, incurring the interest of many other clubs.

Her petulant refusal to accept the truth of her past, in both life and love, is her downfall throughout the play.

His refusal to play the game vexes the teachers and forces them to monitor him in different ways.

The rest of the 1970s were bleak for the Soviets, who were disqualified from the 1974 World Cup as a result of refusal to play Chile in the aftermath of the 1973 Chilean coup d ' état, and failed to qualify for the 1978 World Cup or the 1976 and 1980 European Championships.

On the return trip in the team bus, Lalkin denied his 13-year-old son, who had befriended weightlifter Yossef Romano and wrestler Eliezer Halfin, permission to spend the night in their apartment — an innocent refusal that probably saved the boy's life.

Almost all sovereign African nations and a few other countries from elsewhere boycotted the games in Montreal, in reaction to the International Olympic Committee's refusal to ban New Zealand, whose rugby team had been touring South Africa, a country that had been excluded from many international sporting events due to implementation of apartheid policy.

The players of the 1915 championship Hamilton team, apparently as revenge for Toronto's refusal to relinquish the trophy in 1912 and 1913, added a shield for the 1908 Tigers team to give the appearance that their organization had won the first Grey Cup.

The Minnesota Twins signed a deal with Hennepin County, Minnesota for Target Field in 2006, where they agreed to a provision that was later codified into law which allows the state of Minnesota the right of first refusal to buy the team if it is ever sold, and requires that the name, colors, World Series trophies, etc.

Much of the antagonism stemmed of Randy's refusal to re-form Rated-RKO with Edge, as Edge wanted to pursue the tag team titles he had been stripped of.

The other: his refusal to allow a visit by a South African rugby team, a decision he made because the apartheid régime in South Africa would not accept racial integration for that sport.

Controversy arose prior to the game as Bath-based Butch James was withdrawn from the team at the last minute due to the refusal of Premier Rugby, which runs England's Premiership, to grant James permission on the grounds that the match fell outside the IRB-recognised June Test window.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled that because " team spirit " was not one of the legitimate grounds for refusal, Mrs Rutty should get compensation, which is set at a maximum of 8 weeks ' pay.

The following season saw the club finally win promotion to the Southern League Premier Division, albeit only after an appeal was lodged against the league's initial refusal to allow the team promotion due to the club failing to carry out necessary ground improvements in time .< ref >

Bettman has also been accused of having an " anti-Canadian " agenda, with critics citing the relocation of the franchises in Quebec City and Winnipeg and his apparent refusal to help stop it, along with the aborted sale of the Nashville Predators in 2007 to interests that would have moved the team to Hamilton, Ontario.

New Jersey and North Carolina both pulled out of the competition following the 2005 season due to a refusal by the organization to accommodate an Orthodox Jewish team that had won New Jersey's state championship.

The suspensions were lifted shortly after, but regardless of the universal refusal of supporters to recognize and chant the new name of the team, it wasn't until 1989 and the Fall of the Berlin Wall that the club officially abolished the artificially imposed and hated title Vitosha and returned to being simply Levski.

The corporations hold an emergency meeting to discuss Jonathan's obstinate refusal to retire, and decide that the championship game against the New York team will be played without penalties, player substitutions, or a time-limit, in the hope that Jonathan, if he decides to participate, will be killed during the course of the game.

In response to Benveniste's refusal to withdraw his claims, the team published in the July 1988 edition of Nature the following critiques of Benveniste's original study:

Renault's withdrawal, and Ayrton Senna's refusal to let Warwick join him as team mate at Lotus, left Warwick without a team for the 1986 season.

Recently, Israel's refusal to issue exit visas has resulted in players, or in some case the entire team, being unable to represent the country.

Since then he has inspired his team by his own refusal ever to give up a losing fight.

The away team returns attempting to explain to Beata the reason for Ramsey's refusal to leave.

Because of his refusal to give Avramovic a public apology, he was never picked to play for the national team again since that incident.

When Estudiantes obtained the 2006 Apertura title, Alak invited the team to an official ceremony but the players declined to attend, claiming that the pressure from the crowd would not allow them to reach his office ; actually, the players were at the Cathedral, 200 m ( 650 ft ) from City Hall, and so the refusal to attend was perceived as a rebuke of Alak.

The refusal by Jacksonville, previously the Dodgers ' spring training home, led the team to host spring training in Daytona in 1947 and build Dodgertown in Vero Beach for the 1948 season.