Another way the state governments in the South acted against blacks was by refusing to give them the right to vote.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

The book opens with the young man, Francis Marion Tarwater, refusing to do the two things his grandfather had ordered him to do.

VOA: special.2010.12.26

He lost Conkling's support by refusing to name one of Conkling's supporters Secretary of the Treasury.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

Burnside had replaced General George McClellan, when McClellan kept refusing to obey President Lincoln's orders.

VOA: special.2009.10.15

"We can best show our joy by refusing to celebrate their downfall."

VOA: special.2009.12.24

Montclin disliked Cazeau for refusing to lend him money long ago.

VOA: special.2009.06.27

He rejected it, refusing even to send it to London.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

The U.N.Security Council has imposed three rounds of sanctions on Iran for refusing to stop enriching uranium at home.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

Some of the displaced are now refusing to go, arguing it will only help the Janjaweed achieve its goal of displacing them.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

But the captain was killed after reportedly refusing to turn the ship back out to sea.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

But opposition groups are refusing to take part in that domestic inquiry and say they will not join regional mediation efforts unless Captain Camara steps down.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

The Maoists want them integrated into the army, but other parties are refusing.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

Kunda Dixit,editor of Nepali Times, says the three main parties are refusing to step aside because they want a decisive say in the writing of the new constitution.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

Lloyds of London began refusing to insure ships sailing to Iran,last week.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

But Wednesday,the U.S.Senate joined the House in refusing the president's request for $80 million to close Guantanamo, saying he must first come up with a concrete plan to deal with the remaining 240 detainees.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

They are certainly regrettable and horrible in terms of loss of life, but the reaction from the Iraqi people and the Iraqi leaders was firm and united in rejecting that violence and refusing to allow it to set Iraqi against Iraqi, which is obviously one of its intended goals,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.25