Gandhi's overtures to Muammar Gaddafi were rebuffed. They include overtures intended to introduce operas as well as independent concert overtures. Wagner's early piano sonatas and his first attempts at orchestral overtures date from this period. Winston Churchill's government rejected peace overtures from Hitler. These overtures were rejected by the Taliban. The British rejected Hitler's peace overtures. Ybon is kind to Oscar but rejects his frequent romantic overtures. The other four sonatas are reminiscent of French overtures. Gia Long was generally dismissive of European commercial overtures. Chusid also notes Verdi's increasing tendency to replace full-scale overtures with shorter orchestral introductions. His compositions also included arrangements of other works, especially opera overtures, for piano. He frequently added Sullivan opera overtures or other Sullivan pieces to his concerts. Kitty rejects his overtures and walks away. The eastern provinces continued to resist Spanish overtures. Andropov was unimpressed by Kennedy's overtures.