Word: balk
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...effect of their decision has put Arafat in a box. He can't go down the road mapped by President Clinton without Arab support, because most Palestinians would balk at its provisions. And now, Arab rejection will reinforce Palestinian opposition to the plan, leaving Arafat very, very alone...
...frustration factor is just one of the reasons some consumers still balk at booking travel online. Other obstacles include a continued reluctance to give credit-card information over the Internet (see box) and doubts about online agents' reliability. Then too there are the horror stories about travelers who booked online but got left high, dry and broke at the airport. Says Krista Pappas, director of the e-commerce travel division at Gomez, an Internet rating and research company: "As with anything where consumers are on a learning curve, there is some frustration. Is online booking perfect? No. But I think...
...from disillusioned Conservatives. Like the Bloc Quebecois, which advocates Quebec's separation from Canada, its appeal is largely regional. West of Ontario, the Alliance shows healthy (for Day, at least; most Canadians, however, pale at the prospect) leads in the polls. East of the Manitoba-Ontario divide, responsible citizens balk at Stockwell "Doris" Day, insisting that anyone who announces his bid for Prime Minister in a wet suit, frankly, deserves to be washed up. (An example of grassroots democracy at its best: A petition has been circulating that calls for the government to officially change Stockwell's first name...
...IMPACT: Washington enjoys greater influence on local school districts. Teachers' unions balk at testing requirements, but cheer federally mandated raises. A Republican Congress could resist spending plan and/or push for vouchers. ENVIRONMENT GEORGE W. BUSH AL GORE...
...also respond by asking why Gore and Lieberman are concentrating on guns in movies while falling silent on the issue of gun control. Or why Congress has commited itself to video game violence while giving trade benefits to China, where human-rights abuses have escalated (although asking Hollywood to balk at trading with China would be like asking Eddie Murphy to stop making sequels). Instead, Hollywood Democrats are standing rather stoically in this unflattering light. When they weren't in a defensive huddle over the report last week, studio executives were shaking hands with Lieberman and Gore at a fund...