" She summed up her driving work ethic, " I can say this: When I attempt anything, I have a passionate determination to overcome every obstacle … And I do my own work with a refusal to accept defeat that might almost be called painful.

Restoration of the monarchy was almost realized in 1873 with parliament offering the crown to Henri, comte de Chambord, but his refusal to accept the tricolor flag that had been adopted during the Revolution made the restoration of monarchy impossible for the time being.

While the CBS color broadcasting schedule gradually expanded to twelve hours per week ( but never into prime time ), and the color network expanded to eleven affiliates as far west as Chicago, its commercial success was doomed by the lack of color receivers necessary to watch the programs, the refusal of television manufacturers to create adapter mechanisms for their existing black-and-white sets, and the unwillingness of advertisers to sponsor broadcasts seen by almost no one.

It is clear from the target list, and from extensive communications with almost a dozen officers and analysts knowledgeable about Desert Fox planning, that the U. S .- British bombing campaign was more than a reflexive reaction to Saddam Hussein's refusal to cooperate with UNSCOM's inspectors.

The condition was that of simple starvation, with total refusal of animal food and almost total refusal of everything else.

Drake is almost never shown armed with a gun, and the episode " Time to Kill " centres around Drake's hesitancy and initial refusal to take an assassination mission ( events transpire to prevent Drake from having to carry the task out ).

" His economy of the public money was the severest, sharpest, most stringent and constant refusal of almost any grant that could be proposed.

Blackmun's dissent accused the Court of an " almost obsessive focus on homosexual activity " and an " overall refusal to consider the broad principles that have informed our treatment of privacy in specific cases.

Although Prussia had begun its mobilization almost a month before France, Napoleon had kept a high state of readiness after the Russian refusal to accept the peace from the Third Coalition.

Nevertheless, the convention that the head of state accept ministerial advice is so strong that in ordinary circumstances, refusal to do so would almost certainly provoke a constitutional crisis.

He was a critic of Mengistu Haile Mariam's handling of the Ethiopian famine, alleging that the famine, which took over a million Ethiopian lives, was almost entirely a product of Mengistu's government-controlled agricultural policies and the Ethiopian leader's refusal to permit the free flow of foreign assistance.

Furthermore, the Yazidi story regarding Tawûsê Melek's rise to favor with God is almost identical to the story of the jinn Iblis in Islam, except that Yazidis revere Tawûsê Melek for refusing to submit to Adam, while Muslims believe that Iblis ' refusal to submit caused him to fall out of Grace with God, and to later become Satan himself.

Elective mutism was described as " a continuous refusal to speak in almost all social situations " despite normal ability to speak.

Elective mutism was defined as a refusal to speak in almost all social situations ( despite normal ability to do so ), while selective mutism is considered to be a failure to speak in specific situations and is strongly associated with social anxiety disorder.

Elective mutism was described as " a continuous refusal to speak in almost all social situations " despite normal ability to speak.

Due to the record company's initial refusal to release this album, when a reconfigured Motörhead ( featuring Eddie Clarke on guitar ) were given studio time by Chiswick Records in 1977, they chose to re-record the album in almost its entirety ( only " Fools " and " Leaving Here " were not re-recorded ) leading to their debut release Motörhead.

As for the men, Willis foolishly brought his wife into an environment that neither of them was prepared for, with useless tennis rackets in their luggage, and almost dies from malaria because of his own refusal to stay in bed.

Paulette Goddard's refusal to risk personal injury in a scene involving fire in Unconquered cost her DeMille's favor and probably a role in The Greatest Show on Earth.

It is claimed that Ngouabi was under French pressure to annex the oil-rich Cabinda enclave, a part of Angola, and his refusal to act cost him French support.

Also, Sweden was prevented from forming a Swedish-Polish alliance by the refusal of John II Casimir to drop his claims to the Swedish crown and the unwillingness of the Polish-Lithuanian nobility to make the territorial and political concessions an alliance with Sweden would eventually cost, final negotiations in Lübeck during February 1655 ended without a result.

The LPP, for its part, pointed out that the CCF's refusal to enter into an electoral pact with the LPP had cost the CCF 100, 000 votes in the Ontario election, and had given victory to the Ontario PCs.

It was Taylor's refusal to face the South Africans for Wales in 1970 that cost him a place with the Barbarians.

However, Bucs had a right of refusal and refused to sign off on the plan unless the local government paid more of the cost for game – day security and increased the amount of ( county-purchased ) insurance coverage for the stadium.

Upon refusal, the wholesaler would offer the already price-hiked items to the retailer at a lower consignment cost in the guise of alleviating the cost to ship the items back.

However, his refusal to dole out patronage to fellow Republicans weakened his power base and a scandal over wire-tapping by a private detective firm he had hired to investigate election fraud, cost him re-election.

When Silas Marner is persuaded that his alienation from the church means also his alienation from society, the author's life is again mirrored with her refusal to attend church.

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.

During World War II, the Vichy regime stripped him of some of these jobs and distinctions because of his quiet refusal to collaborate with Vichy and the German occupation, but Valéry continued, throughout these troubled years, to publish and to be active in French cultural life, especially as a member of the Académie française.

The strong moral and political convictions which had inspired Dante belong to the Middle Ages and the libertarian spirit of the commune ; Petrarch's moral dilemmas, his refusal to take a stand in politics, his reclusive life point to a different direction, or time.

In a clear disagreement with Dante, in 1346 Petrach argued in his De vita solitaria that Pope Celestine V's refusal of the papacy in 1294 was as a virtuous example of solitary life.

In 1346, Petrach declared in his " De vita solitaria " that Celestine's refusal was as a virtuous example of solitary life.

The German military used the Soviet Union's refusal to sign the Geneva Convention as a reason for not providing the necessities of life to Russian POWs ; and the Soviets similarly killed Axis prisoners or used them as slave labor.

He formed one of the deputation that offered the Imperial crown to Frederick William IV, and indignant at the king's refusal to accept it, he retired with the majority of von igerns adherents from public life.

Allegedly, Clift was unpopular among the Hollywood elite for his refusal to conform to Hollywood standards, since he refused to publicize his private life, avoided movie premieres and parties, was usually unavailable for interviews, and preferred to live outside of Los Angeles.

# through their refusal of the banalities of ordinary life and massification.

With this refusal, Anna, according to Choniates, exclaimed “ that nature had mistaken the two sexes and had endowed Bryennius with the soul of a woman .” According to Ellen Quandahl and Susan C. Jarratt, Anna shows “ a repetition of sexualized anger .” Indeed, Dion C. Smythe asserts that Anna ’ s goals were “ thwarted by the men in her life .” Irene, however, according to Hill, had declined to participate in plans to revolt against an “ established ” emperor.

Waldeck was undoubtedly a man of talent and accomplishments, but his love of self promotion and refusal to let the truth get in the way of a good story leave some aspects of his life in mystery.

On the other hand, in the handheld market, Yokoi's refusal to adopt a color display for the Game Boy in favor of long battery life is cited as the main reason it prevailed against Sega's Game Gear and the Atari Lynx.

Wildung thinks that Dedi's refusal was an allusion to the respect which Egyptians showed to human life.

When the secret treaty with France became known, confirming Sacheverell's insight, he called for the disbandment of the forces and advocated the refusal of further supplies for military purposes ; and in June 1678 he resolutely opposed Lord Danby's proposal to grant £ 300, 000 per annum to Charles II for life.

Cioran ’ s works encompass many other themes as well: original sin, the tragic sense of history, the end of civilization, the refusal of consolation through faith, the obsession with the absolute, life as an expression of man's metaphysical exile, etc.

Gondomar conceived his embassy as a sortie in enemy country, and took for his maxim aventurar la vida y osar morir — " risk your life and dare to die "; his opening challenge was his refusal to strike the colours of Spain at his warships ' entry to Portsmouth harbour, in which an appeal to the King averted an exchange of cannonfire that would have sunk the ambassador in his vessel.

In earlier life his brother had selected him for the bishopric of Tarsus, and had attributed his refusal to an ambitious design of becoming his successor at Constantinople.

Read straightforwardly, " Ulysses " promotes the questing spirit of youth, even in old age, and a refusal to resign and face life passively.

When Bute retired and George Grenville accepted the cares of official life, the higher post of first lord of the admiralty fell to Townshend's lot, but with his usual impetuosity he presumed to designate one of his satellites, Sir William Burrell ( 1732 – 1796 ), to a place under him at the board, and the refusal to accept the nomination led to his exclusion from the new administration.

There have also been numerous attempts on his life by Assassins retained by other parties ; the universal failure of these attempts ( as well as the insight that the city ruled by him is slightly better than it is without him ) led to the Guild's refusal to accept further contracts on Vetinari.

Despite traditions of independence, self-sufficiency, and refusal to incur debt to one another, community barn raisings were a part of life.

As one professor puts it “… Lupino ’ s cinematic tenure can be understood as a varied and complex attempt to control both image and image reception .” She even credited her refusal to renew her contract with Warner Bros. under the pretences of her domesticity, claiming “ I had decided that nothing lay ahead of me but the life of the neurotic star with no family and no home .” She wanted to seem unthreatening in a male dominated environment, which is made clear by a statement she made in which she says, “ That ’ s where being a man makes a great deal of difference.

He allows people to place their life in the hands of divine providence, and those who refuse to choose are killed anyway, for their obstinacy and refusal to submit to Fate.