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The Refusal "The Refusal" (German: "Die Abweisung"), also known as "Unser Städtchen liegt …", is a short story by Franz Kafka. Written in the autumn of 1920, it was not published in Kafka's lifetime. Overview The story of "Die Abweisung" involves the nar ...

", a 1920 short story by Franz Kafka *

Refusals and runouts Refusal or runout in horse riding is the failure of a horse to jump a fence to which it is presented. This includes any stop in forward motion. A runout occurs when the horse quickly moves sideways to go around the fence instead of jumping it, wi ...

, a concept in equestrianism *

Refusal of work Refusal of work is behavior in which a person refuses regular employment."Refusal of work means quite simply: I don't want to go to work because I prefer to sleep. But this laziness is the source of intelligence, of technology, of progress. Autono ...

Refusal to deal Though in general, each business may decide with whom they wish to transact, there are some situations when a refusal to deal may be considered an unlawful anti-competitive practice, if it prevents or reduces competition in a market. The unlawfu ...

Refusal of medical assistance Refusal of Medical Assistance (RMA) is a term used in emergency medical services (EMS) to describe situations where a patient declines some or all medical treatment in the pre-hospital setting, such as during an ambulance response. In some parts o ...

Refusal skills "Just Say No" was an advertising campaign prevalent during the 1980s and early 1990s as a part of the U.S.-led war on drugs, aiming to discourage children from engaging in illegal recreational drug use by offering various ways of saying ''no'' ...

Driven to refusal This is an engineering term for describing how far to drive piles. It is also used in surveying when driving metal posts and monument A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which h ...

, an engineering/surveying term used in pile-driving

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