People, glorious people: thousands of strangers, meeting his eyes with suspicion or puzzlement, stepping out of his way on the street-or, more often, clearly, consciously refusing to.

Because, he now admits, he consciously refused to inform himself - despite orders from Mr. Shultz to keep tabs on Colonel North.

People near the end of their lives sometimes consciously refuse food and/or water.

Then repeat the above but, this time, pause for a moment before any action while you consciously refuse to sit down or stand up in your normal way.

He assured me that I was not consciously refusing to let my assemblage point move, but that every human being does it auto- matically.

They consciously refuse any kind of help from the Mexican state and, deal with the technical and bureaucratic processes only with the support of independent and solidarity organizations in Mexico.

Then he began, in his mind, to distinguish different individuals within, consciously refusing as yet to attack the figure of Katharine.

He is one of the artists who consciously refused to bow down to the current trends in order to create a highly distinct, coherent piece of work.

He relaxed, consciously refusing to think, letting himself recover from shock and fright.