Beyond that, she displays a truly extraordinary self-determination and honesty - a defiant refusal to take on the role of victim.

An almost defiant refusal swiftly began escalating throughout the network.

That kind of flippancy amounts to a defiant refusal to think seriously about the trade-offs involved in designing a criminal justice system.

At times you can almost hear his defiant refusal to pause where tradition might suggest.

As their lawyers prepared to appeal today's ruling, they reacted with fear, anger and a defiant refusal to return to China.

She sensed his hunger, his defiant refusal to accept charity from an enemy.

To the Editor: William Safire (column, Sept. 19) is correctly disturbed by the German defiant refusal to support the United States' opposition to Iraq.

Suddenly, seven shots rang out as a defiant refusal.

Mr. Chávez's defiant refusal to talk with the protesters, whom he called "traitors" and "subversives," further antagonized his opponents.

His defiant refusal to compromise his beliefs has earned the outspoken 64-year-old cleric both accolades and arrests.