Word: rebuff
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...prey for the interviewer, and every Canadian is banking on their ignorance. In their one-hour April Fools’ Day special, the host flew to various cities, asking Americans about phony issues that any Canadian—or American with common sense—would easily rebuff. Example: “What do you think about the illegal rhinoceros hunt in Saskatchewan?” Or, “Canada’s been thinking about switching to the twenty-four hour clock. Right now we use a twenty-hour metric day. What’s your opinion...
...editor of Southern Partisan. At the time, Bush and McCain were dodging the question of whether South Carolina should keep flying the Confederate battle flag over the state capitol, because they didn't want to alienate white Southern voters. The flag had flown there since 1962, a states'-rights rebuff to desegregation and a daily affront to blacks. In an attempt at conciliation, it was moved to another flagpole on the capitol grounds last July...
...Gore as his running mate, Clinton won the 1992 election with support from environmentalists. But when he tried in 1993 to raise royalties for grazing and mining on public lands, he was faced down by Senators from Western states led by Democrat Max Baucus of Montana. After that rebuff, green issues disappeared from his calendar. It wasn't until 1995, when he began vetoing antienvironmental measures pushed by House Speaker Newt Gingrich, that he saw that the public would support a green President. "That was when he realized the people wanted wild land," says Pope...
Antoine, a too-hot-for-hygiene artist type, decides Angele is the love of his life and tells her so. But Angele wants none of the jealousy and possible gunfights that love entails. She gives Antoine a rebuff equating love to slavery ("love is slavery," I think it was. I forgot a notebook for quotes.) The movie's central conflict is that Angele has given up on love and Antoine won't give...
...local children approached the church altar where Castro stood, carrying two bouquets of flowers. Fidel hugged each one and then presented them with a souvenir Cuban flag. Unfortunately, not all the kids were impressed. A three-year-old simply handed back Castro's gift. El Commandante, surprised at the rebuff, tried again. No luck. After a third attempt, he simply gave it to another child, who now had two flags he didn't know what to do with...