Mrs. Washam calls it their refusal to follow directions.

Ms. Fields called the Mayor's refusal to meet "unfortunate and regrettable."

And yesterday he called their refusal to consider him for a factory floor job 'pathetic and ridiculous'.

The Post calls the European Union's refusal to talk about "eliminating its generous subsidies for farmers and their exports" the biggest obstacle.

He calls Kobe's refusal to embrace the new offence as mere "defiance"?

A senior White House official today called Iraq's refusal to allow the flights "the biggest material breach of all, so far."

Oxfam officials called the Administration's refusal to consider disaster aid to Nicaragua "unfortunate."

After the parliamentary session, Dr. Karadzic said the general "must carry out my orders" and called his refusal to do so an "emotional" reaction.

Weisberg rejected a defense motion calling into question Jacks' earlier refusal to use an insanity defense.

But today, he called Mr. Lieberman's refusal to abandon his Senate campaign "absolutely the right decision."