Word: balke
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...approached the Committee on Financial Aid, it would almost certainly have found the University quite willing to underwrite the German students' living expenses for the year, especially since the Council anticipates little trouble in persuading private corporations to finance a future five-year budget. Surely the University should not balk at a loan when last year it gave six full tuitions as an outright gift...
...accompanied by Smith, Wellesley, and Vassar girls. The first night everyone sang college songs and went home happy. At the field the next day things went along fairly smoothly. The Yale pitcher and captain allowed a run when Charley, the Princeton Tiger, yelled "Skull and Bones" causing him to balk. A group of Lampoon fools paraded around in beanies and T shirts saying, "I go to Harvard...
...Abhorring war as a chosen way to balk the purposes of those who threaten us, we hold it to be the first task of statesmanship to develop the strength that will deter the forces of aggression and promote the conditions of peace...
Just before Christmas, Pisarev gave the employee a cash gift. Then Pisarev asked for Dutch counterespionage plans. When his contact pretended to balk at the suggestion, Pisarev threatened him: "You've already taken money. You're implicated ... If you cooperate with us, you'll have a high position in the new regime...
Woods might be right about the moles. But there were also other troubles. Defense-housing legislation is inadequate. While $600 million was appropriated for FHA loans which private builders could use, Congress made little provision for direct public housing if the private builders should balk, have trouble getting mortgage money or materials. The legislation provided only $25 million for federal housing projects. During World War II, one such project alone, at Vancouver, Wash., cost $26 million...