Word: balk
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...picture which the Crimson paints inevitably emphasizes the negative aspects of pacifism. However, although they balk at ditch-jumping, the C.O.'s at Harvard are willing to pull their load in the search for better understanding among the peoples of this country and the world. Members of the Association are engaged actively in such work as the Council on Post-war Problems, settlement-house work, social work-projects of various sorts, Volunteer Civil Defense Work, etc., etc. We feel we owe a debt of gratitude to the Crimson for its service in helping to remove the misunderstanding which makes...
With gifts of seven errors, 10 walks, a balk, and a hit batsman to work with, the Wentworth Institute baseball team had to add only six hits to beat the Yardling nine by a 9 to 5 count yesterday on Soldiers Field...
...Vichy could no longer pretend to be neutral, few thought that the men of Vichy, who have wagered their personal futures on Axis success, would balk at ordering the French Navy to sail under Axis colors. But there was one practical obstacle: the temper of many French seamen, who have threatened sabotage if ordered to fight for the Axis...
...within the bounds of the militarily desirable and the politically practical. Thus the U.S. does not want a Pan-American declaration of war because it would be neither militarily desirable (the other 20 republics need their entire armed forces for defense), nor politically practical (other countries besides Argentina might balk at such a step). The U.S. will be satisfied to carry its war to the Axis so long as its neighbors stand squarely behind...
...Japan to Balk Communists...