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- While she was in detention, she repeatedly protested the legality of her arrest, refused to admit guilt or even recognise the court, and went on hunger strike to prove that she meant what she said.
Source: Action Girl / Real Life -
Management attempted to renegotiate an already-signed contract (to the tune of a 50 percent pay cut in the two final years) and demand he put over Lex Luger, something he had steadfastly refused to do before; Flair protested and was fired, thereby keeping the belt.
Source: Wrestling / Ric Flair -
When Pope Constantine, the last pope to go to Constantinople (710), rejected the confession of faith of the new emperor, Bardanas, the Romans protested, and refused to acknowledge the emperor or the dux (military ruler) sent by him.
Source: Useful Notes / The Papal States
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