Word: balke
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Even if a man can be found for the job, he might not necessarily have the full support of the coalition which removed DeGuglielmo. At the last minute, the mercurial Vellucci might balk at letting an "outsider" come in to run the City. The new manager will face the task of working with men whom DeGuglielmo termed "live, red-blooded (and often factious) politicians...
...Supreme Court majority said yes, householders can be prosecuted for rebuffing a common kind of warrantless search: routine checks by fire, health, housing or other administrative inspectors. Last week the 1959 majority became the minority as six Justices said no, inspectors must get search warrants when Americans balk at letting their homes or businesses be checked. In one case, San Francisco Bookstore Owner Roland Camara had admittedly violated the city housing code by living in the rear of his store. In 1963, Camara was arrested for refusing to let a housing inspector see the premises without a warrant; last week...
...tackled the problem of inheritance rights. In many states, illegitimate children of parents who die without a will can inherit property only from the mother, not the father. The best solution may be for parents to adopt the child and provide for him in a will. But many parents balk at adoption because it might become public knowledge; impotence and sterility are hardly matters that husbands care to reveal...
...will carry two passengers at speeds up to 25 m.p.h. Its twelve conventional six-volt lead-acid batteries will drive it for 50 miles at a cost of about 10 a mile, can be recharged in eight hours through a cord plugged into ordinary house current. Many motorists may balk at joining the Westinghouse rebellion, since the car, which will sell for "under $2,-000," will need $300 worth of new batteries every two years. Still Westinghouse claims that it already has orders in hand for the minimum 500 Markettes it will produce this year...
...date text--is simply not available on the spot, while it may prove impossible to raise locally all the money needed for a given project. To me it seems a little ridiculous to spend thousands of dollars training Volunteers and sending them overseas, and then to balk at adding the $100 or $200 which might enable them to carry a project through...