Word: balked
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...hearings-such as the Watergate proceedings this summer-has often had great impact on public opinion. They urge the introduction of cameras on the floor of the House and Senate, where at least four times a year the three networks could broadcast prime-time debates on major issues. They balk at a similar electronic invasion of the Supreme Court, but urge that the court's rulings be covered in greater depth...
...Watergate, will have the most far-reaching effects on the personal lives of Americans. Are we to be programmed and made to perform like Pavlovian dogs and then condemned for what we do at someone else's whim and fancy? If so, we can only choose to balk, question and refuse to obey whenever we perceive the slightest lack of confidence or doubt in the wisdom of those rightfully ordained to be our superiors...
...selling houses. Realtors in the Jean Burgdorff firm in Summit, N.J., have taken out personal loans, pledging their own assets as collateral, and then relent the money on short terms to would-be house buyers who could not get mortgage financing elsewhere. Witkin Homes in Denver guarantees buyers who balk at today's high interest rates that they can refinance their mortgages once within the next three years if rates drop. Homewood Corp. of Columbus will give a buyer free paint for his new house, then deduct from the down payment the labor cost of spreading...
...source close to Agnew's defense indicated to TIME that the lawyers may not insist that reporters name each individual who provided information: the newsmen may be asked merely to confirm under oath that their stories accurately attributed leaks to "Justice Department sources." But what if they balk at this compromise? Will Agnew's attorneys then try to use the court's contempt power? "Obviously," said TIME's source, "they'd be inclined to go all the way in the case of someone giving them trouble...
Today I would balk before having the conversation at all because I have begun to feel that the language of the man's world orbits inexorably in its neat Ptolemaic system. The guy says, "So you want respect?" and I shut up because as soon as I try to redefine the word I lose my case. The difference is that four years ago a feminist defined herself in opposition to the square sexist world. She was a naysayer to a tradition of role playing grown dyspeptic, practicing toughness instead of timidity, sloth instead of chic, either anti-sex or sexually...