These were all men who pointedly refused to vote for Yeltsin in the last election.

Richard Rush would have been the nominee, but he pointedly refused.

Russian commanders pointedly refused to say when they expected to seize the city.

He pointedly refused ever to play in Germany again.

Federal officials pointedly refused to disclose how they had finally been informed of the arrest.

But prosecutors have pointedly refused to say what they would do, and could ask for a mistrial.

Recognizing that, the White House has pointedly refused to take a public stand on the issue.

But it pointedly refused to look into "motivation or intent," even for the one member who wrote 996 bad checks in 39 months.

The United States has pointedly refused to commit itself to such targets.

At the time he pointedly refused to rule out international military intervention to end the fighting and allow relief supplies to reach suffering people.