Word: balked
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Dartboard expects, however, that administrators of all stripes will balk at the costs. All Dartboard asks is that they take a little tour of Wellesley’s dorms. That adorable little school seems able to carry out major renovations in their buildings every few years; their carpet is clean, their bathroom tiles are whole and the paint on their walls isn’t peeling off. That’s funny, Dartboard doesn’t remember hearing about Wellesley’s $18 billion endowment…must not have been paying attention...
...root problem is, in the words of Joni Mitchell, "the star-maker machinery behind the popular song". The popular music industry produces music with a built-in sell-by date - is it any wonder that people balk at spending money on CDs that will last a lifetime? The answer is more artists, less commercial, and more inspired. Make music we want to keep, and we'll be buying the CDs. Mark Honman Durban, South Africa...
...VIDEOPHONES Engineers said the Picturephone, unveiled at the 1964 World's Fair, would replace standard phones by 2000. Forty years later, consumers still balk at the high price--and at losing the ability to take calls in their underwear...
...John Galliano, whose Dior fall 2002 couture collection was inspired by Moss, calls her the modern Marilyn Monroe. W magazine dedicated its September issue to her, enlisting more than a dozen photographers and artists to shoot her. When Chuck Close showed Moss his unflattering daguerreotype portrait, she didn't balk. "I've had enough pretty pictures made of me," she said...
...nonprofits have not reported any decrease in clothing drop-offs. "But we want people to think as much about their clothing donations as their cash donations," says Goodwill's marketing chief, Dave Barringer. Nonprofits have to report where their money goes. Private companies don't. And potential donors who balk at USAgain's for-profit status may be even less pleased to know that the firm is run by Scandinavians associated with a secular cult whose leaders are on trial in Denmark for tax fraud and embezzlement. No USAgain executives have been accused of any wrongdoing, and Wallander says...