The sequester was designed to be onerous and undesirable, and it remains our view that that is not the way to go, because Congress needs to do this in a responsible way -- not abdicate its responsibility, not refuse to -- and alternatively, not refuse to accept the consequences of its inability to compromise, but refocus their efforts on finding a solution here.
"If they are saying that the name of the RUC being included in the title deeds and maybe not in the working title of the police, that this is too much for them and they will walk and refuse to accept the police service, then it calls into question their entire commitment to the process, " he said.
And as long as Americans accept this status quo, and continue electing politicians who refuse to speak the truth about our dire fiscal situation, then the blame should be put squarely on us.
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"All that is being offered to our community by such actions is fear and lawlessness, and we refuse to accept this, " they said.
Or do they refuse to accept responsibility and risk losing credibility?
Indeed, many may feel that such disputes intrude too far on national sovereignty, and thus refuse to accept that international trade rules should trump domestic political considerations.
MPs would simply refuse to accept the result and continue to wage guerrilla warfare from the backbenches.
But it is wrong for anybody to suggest that the only option for struggling, responsible homeowners is to sit and wait for the housing market to hit bottom. (Applause.) I refuse to accept that, and so do the American people.
Many consultants, investment and actuarial, either refuse to accept fiduciary status or seek to limit their liability.
The commission can continue to recommend tough measures for recalcitrant governments, the Council of Ministers can refuse to accept these recommendations, and France and Germany can continue to do as they please.
If we assume monkeys and humans share the same basic mental programming--an assumption some economists refuse to accept--then looking at how monkeys cooperate with each other and consume scarce resources might show certain patterns that are common to all primates.
So the 21 July deal is on the verge of being re-opened before it has even been adopted, and some private investors may refuse to accept larger losses.
And if the Greek people simply refuse to accept further austerity then default looms.
As an optimist and inveterate people lover, I refuse to accept the cynical explanation that people are just venal hypocrites.
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But while people buying an old one-day pink travel card could use it on the buses, Tube and overland rail, many train companies refuse to accept the equivalent pay-as-you-go on Oyster.
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Not surprisingly, The New York Times and the rest of the mainstream media refuse to accept what in the real world amounts to definitive new evidence of Iranian intentions, or the consensus outside the left that the NIE was at best misleading.
President Obama said that people had voted for action but he would refuse to accept any approach that wasn't balanced and made the middle class suffer alone.
The chart confirms that physicians refuse to accept Medicaid patients at rates that far exceed those who are covered by Medicare and private insurance.
Moreover, since the Obamacare plans are likely to pay providers less than rates offered by standard private coverage (and maybe even less than Medicare rates) many of the most efficient doctors could simply refuse to accept Obamacare, just like they refuse Medicaid.
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To my knowledge, Fidelity never disclosed to 401(k) plan sponsors or participants that it had decided from 2004 to 2008, in order to bolster its own bottom line, to refuse to accept the fee discounts, rebates or revenue-sharing fund managers had agreed to pay and had been paying.
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