Word: balk
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...forbid—it would have jurisdiction over Americans, just like everyone else. If we hold ourselves above international law, can we honestly claim to be acting on behalf of justice by using coercive tactics to force another nation to comply with a court system at which we would balk? The ICC would only try criminals when domestic courts did not. On the other hand, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia enjoys primacy of jurisdiction, superceding domestic legal structures. We cannot find adequate cause to support a court system that will work in concert with domestic courts...
...witnesses are intimidated into silence. But dozens of interviews by Time with investigators, traffickers and women freed from bondage paint a harsh picture of medieval abuse and cruelty: during off hours women are kept in cellars, sleeping on the floor or on tables, surviving on fast food. Those who balk are raped, beaten or burned with cigarettes. A 19-year-old Moldovan woman rescued recently from Kosovo reported not seeing daylight for a month. "I never thought this was possible. These people are animals," she said. One Albanian gang branded its women with tattoos to prevent them from being stolen.Lately...
...BUSH: States must test students every year in reading and math, grades 3 to 8. Governors may balk at the mandated frequency; educators are worried that the tests will cause schools to ignore science and history...
...real problem--the Core program itself. Not only does the current Core program fail to provide undergraduates with a true liberal arts education, but it also encourages the perception that students are ill-equipped to take departmental classes in fields other than their own. In fact, students rightly balk at taking watered-down Core classes when they could tackle the subject more intensively in a more substantive departmental course. Unfortunately, undergraduates are discouraged from enrolling in such non-concentration courses because they must still fulfill the Core requirements to graduate...
...difficult for me to see how two people can drive a car at the same time," says Oklahoma's Senator Don Nickles. As for the Democrats, Daschle will try to keep his members in line--making trouble for nominees in a disciplined, coordinated way. But if Republicans balk and the power-sharing agreement falls apart, Daschle will let the dogs out. And the quadrennial ritual known as confirmation may see some true blood sacrifice...