Mr. Starr's prosecutors believe that Ms. McDougal's most recent refusal to answer questions is distinguishable from her earlier refusals because she was confronted with new evidence.

My own experience includes two recent refusals by Medicare to cover laboratory work a doctor thought necessary.

Let's talk about Israel's recent refusal to let you enter the country to film part of a "Behind the Music" program for VH-1.

Master Arthur repeated his recent refusal to pick at anything.

All our recent refusals.

As an example, consider Israel's recent refusal to cooperate with the inquiry voted by the U.N. Security Council into the killing of 21 Palestinians in Jerusalem.

But he said the letter and the department's recent refusal to meet with Mr. Lantos showed that the Justice Department "is miserably failing to do its job."

The immediate cause was his recent refusal to retaliate for a series of Indian attacks on frontier settlements.

They are basically junk bond funds, especially vulnerable to sudden policy shifts - Brazil's recent refusal to negotiate with the International Monetary Fund is one example.

"His recent refusal to read from his work at the White House would have been more impressive had he been asked."