Word: balk
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Students who tended to balk at changing theirwriting styles also tended to have a moredifficult transition to other aspects of collegelife. "They want to hold on to the methods thatgot them [to Harvard]," she says...
...parents with the most firsthand experience see other, more subtle effects as well. Though Ritalin use can boost young children's self-esteem just by helping them "fit in," teenagers often struggle with their self-image, wondering if their whole personality is shaped by a pill. Some parents balk at giving their child a drug related to "speed," even if it isn't addictive...
...less combative company than Microsoft would probably balk at such odds and settle. Microsoft has vowed to fight on. But at the very least, Scott McNealy--the flamboyant Sun CEO who loves to play David to Gates' Goliath--has finally got a good slingshot in. And that's just what Java developers were waiting for, according to Michael Sick, a member of Java Lobby, a loose collection of developers. "We always knew Microsoft did not have Java's best interests in mind. They're not being a team player because they don't own the team...
...disproportionate propensity for missing teeth. At first, these are gross and funny, but eventually become just gross. Amazingly, Bates and Sandler manage to keep the unoriginal material quite hilarious; but even Sandler's comedic appeal cannot sustain the mindless Foxworthy humor. Fortunately, he does get some help from Fairuza Balk as Bobby's horny, buck-toothed and violent, but nonetheless sweet, ex-convict girlfriend. She demonstrates her love for Bobby by redesigning his riding lawnmower into a high-speed vehicle, romantically stealing Lawrence Taylor's Corvette and seductively gnawing on barbecued squirrel...
Commercial passengers also enjoy less protection from toxic smoke than those on corporate planes. After years of study, airlines still balk at installing individual smoke hoods that could provide each passenger with up to 30 min. of clean air. (Market leader Essex PB&R Corp. of Edwardsville, Ill., offers eight different versions at prices ranging from $160 to $750.) Nor has the FAA mandated hoods for passengers, although crews of commercial airlines have them. The airlines and FAA argue that smoke hoods could make it more difficult for passengers to evacuate a plane. Of course, that can also be difficult...